Brown v. St. Clair

Judge Rees

Affirming.

George R. St. Clair and W. E. Brown were candidates in the Democratic primary on August 6, 1949, for nomination for the office of county judge of Meade County. The county election commissioners reported that St. Clair received a majority of five votes, and certified him as the Democratic nominee. W. E. Brown instituted an action for a recount of the ballots, and at the conclusion of the recount the court adjudged that St. Clair had received 1,275 votes and Brown had received 1,274 votes. Brown has appealed.

Forty-seven questioned ballots have been brought here for…