Talbott v. Thompson

Eller Talbott and George B. Thompson were opposing candidates for the office of county clerk of Jefferson county at the general election held on November 4, 1930. The result of the canvass of the votes cast in the several precincts of the county was that Thompson had been elected. Talbott filed a petition in the circuit court of Jefferson county to contest the election. The court declared Thompson elected and Talbott prosecutes this appeal.

' The appellant, Eller Talbott, and the appellee, George B. Thompson, were respectively the candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties. At the…