Johnson v. Caddell

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

In the August, 1933, primary, A. M. Caddell, J. B. Johnson, and Miss Maurine Sharp were rival candidates for the Republican nomination for county attorney of Whitley county. Caddell, receiving a plurality of the votes on the face of the returns, was awarded the certificate of nomination. J. B. Johnson, who received the second highest number of votes, thereupon instituted this contest proceeding against Caddell, asking that a recount of the ballots be had, that Caddell’s vote be purged of certain designated votes…