Turner v. Teller

Appellant, Joe Turner, and. ap-pellee, R. H. Teller, were candidates for sheriff of Willacy county at the general election in 1924. The commissioners’ court canvassed the returns, found that Turner had received 257 and Teller 296 votes, and declared the latter’s election. Turner filed a contest in the district court, which rendered judgment declaring Teller’s election.. Turner has appealed.

It is provided in our election statutes (article 3001) that, when a voter presents himself at the polls to vote, and the election judges are satisfied as to his right to vote, the judge shall “deliver to…