Ward v. Story

DUNCAN, Justice.

At the November, 1952, election, the appellant, John I. Ward, and appellee, Emery Story, were opposing candidates for the office of member of the Bracken County Board of Education. The returns as certi- ■ fied by the election commissioners indicated a majority of nine votes for appellant, and he was awarded a certificate of election.

On November 18, 1952, appellee filed a petition contesting the election, in which it was alleged that some sixty voters who were nonresidents of the district had cast their votes for appellant. Upon the trial, the lower court concluded that…