Wildman v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Saline District Court. At the general election held in and for Saline county on the 2d of November 1875, Wildman and Anderson were opposing candidates for county clerk. The county canvassers decided that Anderson was elected. Wildman instituted proceedings to contest the election before a contest court composed of H. S. Cunningham, probate judge, and Evander Light and B. J. E. Hanna, associate justices.
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Error from Saline District Court. At the general election held in and for Saline county on the 2d of November 1875, Wildman and Anderson were opposing candidates for county clerk. The county canvassers decided that Anderson was elected. Wildman instituted proceedings to contest the election before a contest court composed of H. S. Cunningham, probate judge, and Evander Light and B. J. E. Hanna, associate justices. The principal matters relied upon by Wildman were, first, that the board of county canvassers canvassed two returns from Smolan township, which he alleged was composed of but one…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
l.Election boundaries. This, like the case of Baker v. Long, just decided, (ante, p. 341,) is a contested election case, coming from the same county, and contesting an election held at the same time. The parties in this case were candidates for the office of county clerk. The canvassers awarded the office to Anderson, stating the vote for him to be 584 and for Wildman 574. The contest court decided in favor of Wildman, and its decision was reversed on error in the district court. Wild-man brings the case here, and asks to have the decision…
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