Kirkpatrick v. King

Appellant is the sheriff of Hancock County. He was elected on the Democratic ticket in the general election of 1948, and qualified and took office January 1, 1949. On October 24, 1949, appellee Charles L. King publicly announced he would be a candidate for such office on the same party ticket in the primary election to be held in the county in May, 1950. On December 17, 1949, the Hancock County Election Board duly adopted a resolution that the names of candidates for sheriff be placed on the ballots in the primary and general elections to be held in 1950, which was in accordance with the…