Hoskins v. McGuire

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

These three election contest cases, involving the offices of mayor and conncilmen in the city of Beattyville, Ky., present the same two questions of law and were heard together.

The appellants received majorities ranging from thirty-one to thirty-five on the face of the election returns, and were awarded certificates of election, but they were adjudged not entitled to the offices and same were declared vacant in the judgments appealed from upon the sole ground that they forfeited their rights to the offices by a failure to file pre-election…