Spidle v. McCracken

The opinion of the court was delivered by

VALENTINE, J.:

It is urged strenuously by the defendant in error that “the paper filed with the petition in error in this cause, which purports to be the proceedings of an election-contest court, and upon which the plaintiff in error relies for a hearing of his alleged grievances, is without any legal or valid authenticity or the legal attributes that entitle it to be considered by this court;” but passing over the question thus presented, and without deciding it, and to the merits of the case, and considering- “the paper filed with the petition in…