Henry v. Secrest
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
■Case 77 — Action by E. J. Secrest for a Mandatory Injunction against F. B. Henry and Others to Compel Them: to Open the Ballot Boxes from 'Certain Precincts and Count the Ballots Cast in a Primary Election for County Assessor. —Feb. 3. APPEAL FROM NICHOLAS CIRCUIT COURT. From a Judgment Granting the Writ of Injunction, Defendants Appeal.
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■Case 77 — Action by E. J. Secrest for a Mandatory Injunction against F. B. Henry and Others to Compel Them: to Open the Ballot Boxes from 'Certain Precincts and Count the Ballots Cast in a Primary Election for County Assessor. —Feb. 3. APPEAL FROM NICHOLAS CIRCUIT COURT. From a Judgment Granting the Writ of Injunction, Defendants Appeal. At a primary election held in Nicholas county, May 4, 1901, to nominate Democratic candidates for the November election following, the appellee, Secrest, was one of the candidates for county assessor. 'The returns made by the precinct election officers…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE SETTLE —
Reversing.
On May 4, 1901, a primary election for the nomination of Democratic candidates for county offices was held in Nicholas county by order of the Democratic committee. Appellee, E. J. Secrest, and six others were candidates in the primary for the nomination of county assessor. The race *680was quite close between the candidates for assessor, for appellee was defeated by only six votes by the candidate declared the nominee. The primary seems to have been fairly and legally conducted. Returns were duly made from the several voting precincts of the county,…
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