Throgmorton v. Copeland

This was an election contest case, originating in the County Court of Wayne County, over the offices of Justices of the Peace. The plaintiff in error, a defeated candidate for Justice of the Peace, filed his petition *250against three of the successful candidates for the office of Justice of the Peace, and predicated his contest on the ground that there were irregularities in the holding of the August, 1948, election at Waynesboro, to the extent that, as alleged, the election was void.

The original petition, in the fourth prayer thereof, averred that the County Judge of Wayne County was…