Rice v. Hord

Opinion op the CouRT by

Judge Ratliff

Affirming.

At the November election, 1933, B. A. Rice and R. L. Hord were competing candidates for the office of police judge of the city of Campbellsville, Taylor county, Ky. Neither candidate was the nominee of any political party and were running on Independent tickets pursuant to their respective petitions filed as-required by law. According to the respective petitions of the candidates filed in the clerk’s office, the petition of the contestant, B. A. Rice, directed that his name appear on the ballot under the device of a circle designated “Independent…