Broughton v. . Young

APPENDIX

The following opinion of Associate Justice Clark at Chambers, construing the election law, is of sufficient interest to be added here, as no appeal was taken: Upon hearing counsel for an against the motion I am of opinion that the object of the statute in requiring the preservation of the ballots in duplicate ballot boxes, duly sealed up, is that they may be kept as evidence to verify or correct the election returns when impeached.

If a quo warranto was being tried in the Superior Court, (916) certainly the judge presiding might order said ballot boxes brought into court and a recount…