Leonard v. Haynes

Wilson, Sp. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves a contest for the office of county superintendent of common schools of Marshall county. It presents several interesting points of law. The facts are agreed upon, and briefly stated, are these:

The county court of Marshall county, on the first Monday of January, 1885, all the justices of the county, thirty-six in number, being present and participating, proceeded to the election of a county superintendent of common schools for the ensuing two years. Leonard and Haynes were the candidates before the body. The court was presided…