Gossard v. Vawter

Appellant and appellee were candidates for the office of township trustee of Jefferson Township, Tipton County, at the general election held on November 8, 1938. The appellee was declared and certified to have been elected, and on November 14th the appellant filed in the circuit court of the county his petition to contest said election and for a recount of the votes. The body of the appellant’s petition began as follows:

“Comes now Garrett W. Gossard, contestor in the above captioned proceedings, who, being first duly sworn, upon his oath says:”

There followed the substantive allegations upon…