Hardin v. Cress
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 88 — 'Action by Sam. C. Hardin, &c. against W. R. Cress and-Others to Contest an Election APPEAL FROM WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for. Defendants and Plaintiffs Appeal. Appellants and appellees were respective candidates for various county offices at the election held in Wayne county in November, 1901. On the face of the returns the appellees received a small majority, and were awarded the certificates of election.
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Case 88 — 'Action by Sam. C. Hardin, &c. against W. R. Cress and-Others to Contest an Election APPEAL FROM WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for. Defendants and Plaintiffs Appeal. Appellants and appellees were respective candidates for various county offices at the election held in Wayne county in November, 1901. On the face of the returns the appellees received a small majority, and were awarded the certificates of election. The appellants contested the election on ground that in Mill Springs precinct the officers of the election instead of preserving the ballots, as required by law, destroyed…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE WHITE
Affirming.
These are contests of election over the county officers in Wayne county, arising out of the election held in November, 1901. The appellant Sam C. Hardin was a candidate for the office' of county judge, and, the certificate of election having been awarded to appellee, W. R. Cress, his opponent, an action was filed to contest the election because of alleged irregularities and illegalities in Mill Spring precinct in Wayne county. The charge in the petition is that Mill Spring precinct, according to the certified returns of the election officers of that…
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