Noonan v. Walsh

BARRETT, Commissioner.

■ On the face of'the returns at the August 1952 primary, Jennie S. Walsh was elected to the four year term, V.A.M.S-. § 120.790, of Democratic committeewoman from the. *196seventeenth ward of the City of St. Louis, by a vote of 2,428 to 2,193. Her opponent in the election, Anna B. Noonan, instituted this proceeding in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis to contest Mrs. Walsh’s election. Upon motion the trial court dismissed the proceeding with prejudice, and Mrs. Noonan has perfected her appeal to this court. V.A.M.S. § 124.380.

A committeewoman is elected under the…