Blackburn v. Welch
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 36 — ACTION BY J. B. BLACKBURN AGAINST R. C. WELCH. Appeal from Powell Circuit Court. - J. M. Benton, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Lassing
Affirming.
The parties to this litigation were rival candidates for the office of police judge for the town of Stanton at the November election, 1909. Appellee received a majority of the votes cast, and was awarded the certificate of election by the board of election commissioners. On November 12th following appellant instituted this suit, contesting appellee’s right to the office. The chief ground of complaint is that there was no sufficient petition filed with the county clerk to authorize him to place appellee’s name on the ballot. Appellee answered, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hollon v. CenterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
3Cited by7 opinions
- Skaggs v. Fyffe, JudgeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
- Hall v. CottonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Combs v. DixonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
- Fletcher v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1973
- Rodgers v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
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