Wright v. Crase

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Stites—

Affirming-.

As is disclosed in Wright v. Crase, 273 Ky. 76, 115 S. W. (2d) 318, on the face of the returns Crase received 5,437 votes and Wright 5,291, or a majority of 146 for the former in the race for County Judge of Letcher County at the November, 1937, election. Dr. Wright promptly instituted proceedings in which he sought only a recount of the ballots. The result of the recount by the special circuit judge was to reduce Crase’s majority to 60. On the appeal this court found his majority to be 62, and affirmed the judgment.

Pending the appeal,…