Storey v. Johnson

Joe Storey prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of the circuit court dismissing his complaint in an election contest proceeding. At the Democratic primary held on the 12th day of August, 1930, Joe Storey and Sam Johnson were opposing candidates for sheriff of Stone County, Arkansas. The returns from the primary election show that Storey received 544 votes and that Johnson received 1,233 votes. Johnson was duly declared the nominee of the Democratic party of Stone County, and a certificate of nomination was issued to him.

At the trial of the contest in the circuit court, it was shown…