Lane v. Fern

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, J. (HARTWELL, C.J., DISSENTING IN PART.)

Briefly summarized, and subject to qualifications hereinafter mentioned, the petition sets up three causes of contest: (1) that in a named precinct the polls were kept open until 6:30 o’clock on the evening of election day and that sixty-four ballots were marked, cast and accepted after five o’clock p. m.; (2) that while a large number of voters were in the polling house engaged in marking their ballots, or about to do so, one McCandless was present and handed pencils to numerous electors and by words and acts endeavored to…