Little v. Hall
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 31 — Election Contest by T. H. Little v. Philip Hall and ■Others for Justice of the Peace. — Dec. 3. APPEAL FROM JACKSON CIRCUIT COURT.. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiff Appeals.
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Case 31 — Election Contest by T. H. Little v. Philip Hall and ■Others for Justice of the Peace. — Dec. 3. APPEAL FROM JACKSON CIRCUIT COURT.. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiff Appeals. There were seventy-six undisputed ballots cast for Hall, appellee, and forty-seven undisputed ballots cast for appellant, Little; thirty ballots were cast for both Hall and Little, by the voters placing the stencil, or cross mark, in the circle under the log cabin under which Little’s name was placed, and the same ballots were also stamped under the mule under which device the name of Hall was placed, Hall…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE DURELLE
— Affirmins.
At the November election, 1901, appellant, Little, was a candidate for the office of justice of the peace in the Third magisterial district of Jackson county, on the Republican ticket, and his name was placed under the device of the log cabin on the official ballot. Appellee Hall was an independent candidate, by petition, for the same office, and his natne was printed on the official ballot under the individual device, chosen by him, of a big mule. There were no otlier candidates for that office. Under the Democratic device the chicken cock,…
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