Aura v. Brandt

1 Reported in 1 N.W.2d 381. On December 3, 1940, an election was held in the village of Hibbing to fill the offices of recorder and one trustee. Contestant Aura and contestee, Brandt, were candidates for recorder. Contestant Arthur Reese is a voter. For convenience, we shall refer only to the candidates as contestant and contestee, respectively. In an election contest the court below found that contestant received 3,521 votes and contestee 3,512 votes; that contestant was elected by nine votes, but that he was not entitled to possession of the office for failure on his part to file a verified…