Engelbert v. Tuttle

1 Reported in 242 N.W. 425. The contestant has appealed from a judgment confirming the election of respondent to the office of register of deeds in Dakota county.

Tuttle has been register of deeds for about 20 years. In the last election he defeated Engelbert, his opponent, the contestant.

1. In May, 1930, Tuttle saw two carpenters working across the street from his home. He asked them to bring their ladder and to come to his house and put on his screens. He took them into the basement and showed them the screens. He gave each a glass of wine. Nothing was said then or later about his candidacy…