Phillips v. Ratliff

Opinion of the court by

Judge Settle

— Affirming.

Appellant and appellee were candidates for school trustee in district No. 45, Pike county, at an election held August 1,1909. The election officers gave appellant a certificate declaring him elected to the office, and he thereupon qualified and undertook the performance of the duties thereof. Thereafter, appellee, by a petition filed in the Pike circuit court, contested appellant’s right to the office in question, and claimed to have been elected to it himself by a majority of the votes cast in the election.

The grounds of contest set forth in the…