Layne v. Owsley

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellant, John Layne, and the appellee, Jack Owsley, were candidates at the primary election of August 1,1925, for the Republican nomination for the office of jailer of Floyd county. According to the tabulation and count made by the Floyd county board of election commissioners of the votes cast at the primary election, as certified and returned by the election officers of the several county election precincts, the appellee, Owsley, was declared to have received a majority of such votes, and on August 4, 1925, was by the county board of…