Marquis v. Thompson

Lively, President :

Homer Marquis presented to the circuit court of Marshall County his petition for mandamus directed to the members of the board of canvassers, and its clerk, who canvassed the returns of the primary election held August 5, 1930, to compel them to reconvene if necessary and canvass the returns from precincts Nos. 10 and 11 and reject the returns from precincts Nos. 1 to 9, inclusive, in Washington District of that County in ascertaining the result of that primary as between himself and R. L. Dowdell, rival candidates for the Republican nomination for president of the board of…