Williams v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; W. H. Uvans, Judge; Buchanan instituted a contest for the office of sheriff of Garland County against Williams, alleging that contestant was duly elected, and that various frauds were committed* in the election, whereby contestee secured a certificate of election and was commissioned.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; W. H. Uvans, Judge; Buchanan instituted a contest for the office of sheriff of Garland County against Williams, alleging that contestant was duly elected, and that various frauds were committed* in the election, whereby contestee secured a certificate of election and was commissioned. The court made various findings of fact, of which it will be necessary to set out only the second, third and fifth, towit : “Second: That the judges in the election in Hot Springs Township voting precinct were guilty of wilfully fraudulent conduct in conducting said election by…
1Opinion
ON MOTION TO RETAX COSTS.
Opinion delivered May 23, 1908.
Hill, C. J.
Buchanan files a motion to retax the costs and apportion the same so that only such costs as accrued on that part of the judgment which gave an ouster and for the emoluments of the office be adjudged against him. As these were the only parts of the judgment which were reversed, he contends that only the costs incident to these features should be adjudged against him. He shows that most of the transcript is taken up with testimony relating to the title to the office — and the copying of this evidence is the heavy item of the…
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