Morris v. Board of County Commissioners

Cunningham, Presiding Judge.

The facts necessary to an understanding of this case are substantially as follows: Plaintiff in error, Mark M. Morris (hereinafter, for convenience, referred to as defendant), was elected county commissioner of Adams County in the fall of 1908. At the same time, Henry Nordloh was elected a county commissioner. Immediately following the election, a contest proceeding was instituted against Nordloh, which was not determined until about May 12, 1909, when the supreme court handed down an opinion holding Nordloh’s election to be regular. See Nordloh v. Packard, 45…