Weller v. Muenninghoff

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellant, Weller and the appellee, Muenninghoff, were Democratic candidates for the office of magistrate in the fourth magisterial district of Jefferson County at the primary election held on August 2, 1913. The election returns as made by the election officers showed that Weller had received 498 votes and that Muenninghoff had received 498 votes. But after the ballot boxes and all the paraphernalia of the election had been returned by the election officers to the county clerk, as provided' in the primary law, and before the election…