Legal Opinion
Moore v. Morehead
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 28, 1984No. WD 34472PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Judge.
This is an election contest. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding that the summons had been improperly issued. The issue on appeal is whether the disqualification of a circuit clerk to issue a summons mandated by § 51.120, RSMo 1978, should apply to an election contest.
In the general election held on November 2, 1982, contestees-respondents Ike More-head, Terry Alexander, and David Wilson defeated contestants-appellants Larry Moore, Carol Fleshman, and Bob Baugher, respectively, for county offices in Sullivan County, Missouri. The official results were announced on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State Ex Rel. McNary v. StussieSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- Armantrout v. BohonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
- State v. Consolidated Sch. Dist. No. 4 of Iron CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Craig v. GrimmMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- Niederlander v. St. Louis CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
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