Martin v. Gray

Appellant, D. S. Martin, and appellee, John H. Gray, were rival candidates for nomination to the office of county .judge of Stone county in the democratic primary on August 11, 1936. A certificate of nomination was awarded appellee by the election officials and appellant instituted this contest proceeding.

The complaint alleged as grounds for contest that the sheriff and collector of Stone county on June 20, ■1936, unlawfully issued and subsequently unlawfully delivered 72 poll tax receipts to various parties, residents of said county, naming them, who unlawfully and without right participated…