Wood v. Brown

George Rose Smith, J.,

on rehearing. This election contest involves the Democratic nomination for the office of mayor of Paragould. According to the original returns the appellee Brown was the winner by a vote of 1087 to 1077. The circuit court, after rejecting a number of votes that were found to have been illegally cast, determined that Brown was the winner by a vote of 1078 to 1060. In seeking a reversal the appellant questions a number of the trial court’s rulings.

I. In his complaint Wood specifically asked for a recount of the ballots in Box 2 of Ward 2, asserting misconduct on the part…