Walker v. Sanford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Elections. Costs. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Lawson. Baldwin Superior Court. July Adjourned Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
There are two questions made by this record: (1st) Is an election held by three persons, one of whom is neither an ordinary, justice of the peace nor freeholder, valid and legal? (2d) Is an election legal which is held at a place different from that which has been established according to law as an election precinct? The court below held the election-held by a person who was not an officer nor a freeholder was invalid, and that the ordinary did right to refuse to count the vote of such an election; and also that the ordinary did right to refuse to count the votes of an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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