Hogan v. Hartwell

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, a qualified elector of the City of Mobile, instituted this contest of the election of Harry T. Hartwell to the office of Commissioner of said city for the term beginning October 1, 1941. The contest is based upon two grounds: First, it is insisted that Hartwell, at the time of the election, was ineligible to hold the office by reason of his conviction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on May 11, 1939, of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary and in the second place the contention is that said Hartwell…