Thompson v. Stone

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Nunn

Affirming.

The parties to this appeal were rival candidates for the office of sheriff in Lawrence County at the November, 1913, election. Thompson was the Republican nominee and Stone the Democrat. The commissioners counted and compared the election returns and found that Stone had received 17 more votes than Thompson, .and thereupon awarded Stone a certificate of election.

Thompson contests and charges fraud and mistake on the part of the election officers in counting the ballots; that in each precinct there were 25 illegal votes counted and cast against him;…