Gunter v. Fletcher

This is an election contest case. Appellant Gunter filed a complaint alleging that he and appel-lee Fletcher were the two candidates for nomination for the office of Senator from the 22nd Senatorial District in the Democratic primary on August 8, 1950, that Fletcher was certified as the winner, but that specified irregularities in the voting and counting of votes had occurred, so that Gunter was actually the winner. The concluding paragraph in the complaint’s allegations of fact is as follows:

“12. Plaintiff alleges that proper recomputation of the votes cast will show the following totals,…