Legal Opinion
County Canvassing Board of Primary Elections v. Lester
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 16, 1928PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStrum, J.
In the Democratic primary election held on June 5, 1928, J. W. Lester, Sr., the complainant below, and Vincent Nuccio, Jr.', were candidates for nomination to the office of County Commissioner for District No. 1 of Hillsborough county. Upon the face of the returns, Nuccio won the nomination by a plurality of seventy-eight votes, Lester receiving the next highest number of votes.
On September 18, 1928, Lester brought his bill of complaint against the county canvassing board and the Board of County Commissioners of Hillsborough county, alleging that the canvassing board is about to certify to…
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