Meriwether v. Stanfield

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Orange county in an election contest.

In the runoff primary election held in Orange county August 24, 1946, the appellant, Meriwether, was certified by the County Democratic Committee as the successful candidate for the democratic nomination for sheriff of Orange county over the appellee, Stanfield, by a vote of 3,522 to 3,411. Stanfield, who was then and is now the sheriff of Orange county, filed his petition to contest the election in the district court and after the appellant had answered, filed an amended petition.…