Anderson v. Firle

1 Reported in 219 N.W. 284. Appeal by a duly elected township supervisor from the judgment of the district court ousting him from office in an election contest on the ground that he had violated the corrupt practices act.

This court requested counsel to brief the question whether the act mentioned covers the ordinary township elections. The briefs have been furnished. In Miller v. Maier, 136 Minn. 231,

161 N.W. 513, 2 A.L.R. 399, the act was applied to the election of a town supervisor. But neither court nor counsel there questioned its applicability. However in Mathison v. Meyer, 159 Minn.…