McLain v. Fish

Appellant and appellee, together with one other person, were candidates for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Lincoln County at the primary election held on August 8, 1922, and, on the face of the returns made by the judges of election, appellant received a plurality of eight votes, but the county central committee recounted some of the votes and in other respects inquired into the returns and found that ap-pellee had received a plurality of one vote, and certified the "latter’s nomination.

Appellant instituted this action in the circuit court of Lincoln County, and, on the hearing of…