Best v. Sidebottom

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming.

This appeal seeks the reversal of a judgment of the G-ran+ circuit court, dismissing the contest action, brought by the appellant, Hoyt B. Best, attacking the nomination for State Senator for the Twenty-Sixth senatorial district awarded his rival candidate, the contestee, Paul L. Sidebottom, as having received a majority of the votes cast at the primary election held August 7, 1937.

It appears that the appellant and appellee were the only candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for this office in the said primary, wherein the contestee,…