Covington v. Joiner

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Moorman

Reversing.

In the second ward of the city of Mayfield, at the primary election held in August, 1923, W. H. Housman, W. B. Joiner and J. M. Covington were candidates for the Democratic nomination for the office of councilman, there being two councilmen eligible for nomination from that ward. Housman received a majority of the votes: from each of the two precincts in the ward. In the first precinct Covington received 65 votes and Joiner 54. In the second precinct, according to the certificate of the election officers, Covington received 93 votes and Joiner…