Walker v. Taylor

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

Affirming.

B. P. Walker, S. H. Jones, and Ike Taylor were candidates for the Bepublican nomination for sheriff of Knox county at the August primary, 1929. On the face of the returns Walker received 2,517 votes; Jones, 2,333; Taylor, 1,862. Jones and Taylor filed contests. The court recounted the ballots, and on the recount Walker received 2,441, Jones received 2,276, and Taylor 1,857. Jones and Taylor in his notice of contest each charged Walker with violating the Corrupt Practice Act. Walker by his answer and counter contest charged Jones and Taylor…