Hewlett v. Carters

*455Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

W. S. Boggs regularly filed his nominating papers with the county court clerk of Lawrence county prior to the primary election in August, 1921, as a candidate for the Republican nomination for the office of circuit court clerk of that county. No one else sought the nomination and after the expiration of the time for filing nominating papers he, under the statute, was entitled to a certificate of nomination issued by the county court clerk. Kentucky Statutes, 1550-9. The appellant, H. B. Hewlett, was a candidate for and received the Democratic…