State Ex Rel. Lord v. Sullivan, Judge

—The relator and one Benson were opposing Democratic candidates for the office of Justice of the Peace of North Township in Lake County, Indiana, at the 1938 May primary election. The Primary Election Board declared Benson nominated. Within the time allowed by statute, the relator in this action, as contestor in that action, filed a verified petition in the Lake Circuit Court to contest the nomination and for a recount of the ballots, accompanied by his bond as follows:

“The undersigned jointly and severally undertake to pay to the contestee, and to all persons and officers entitled to any…