Palmer v. Board of Co. Canv. of Morgan Co.

LATIMER, Justice.

This is an action in mandamus instituted by plaintiffs, James T. Palmer and Wesley Anderson, candidates for County Commissioners of Morgan County, Utah, seeking to require defendants, as members of the Board of County Canvassers of said county, to correct the 1946 official election returns as certified to by the board, and to require the County Clerk of said county to issue a certificate of election to the plaintiffs. Prior to the hearing before this Court, and upon his own motion, Frank L. Whittier, a candidate for County Treasurer, was later made a party plaintiff.

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