Adams v. McCormick

This was a petition filed by the appellant to contest the election of the appellee to the office of circuit clerk in and for Shelby county, at an election held in that county on the 8th day of November, 1904. A general demurrer presented to the petition was sustained by the court and the appellant elected to stand by his pleading. The petition was therefore dismissed at the cost of the petitioner, and he has perfected this appeal from such judgment of dismissal.

The right to contest an election is created and wholly controlled by the statute. Section 112 of chapter 46, entitled “Elections,”…