Cox v. Kash
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 55 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM WOLFE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Sec. 1,1 Stant. Rev. Stat., 436. 1 Metcalfe, 533; Batman vs Megowan, fyc. Secs. 4 and 5, 1 Stant. fiev. Stat., page 445. CITED— 1 Stant. Rev. Stat., art. 5, chap. 32, p. 436. 6 'Dana, 94 ; Daniel vs. Daniel. 1 Metcalfe, 543 ; Batman vs. Megowan.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WILLIAMS
delivered the opinion oe the court:
By the provisions of the Revised Statutes (vol. 1, p. 436) the county judge, and clerk, and sheriff .or other officers acting for him, constitute a board for comparing the polls of any election, and any two of them may constitute such board; if either of them shall have been a candidate at that election he shall not vote in his own case, but as to him the other two constitute aboard; if two have been candidates, then their places are to be supplied by the two justices residing nearest' the courthouse.
There is no case in which it is proper for…
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