Lowry v. Stotts
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE S3 — PETITION BY W. D. LOWRY AND OTHERS AGAINST WILLIAM STOTTS 'AND OTHERS CONTESTING THE ELECTION FOR COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF NICHOLASVILLE. Appeal from Jessamine Circuit Court. J. M. Benton, Circuit Judge. Prom a judgment dismissing the petition plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Hobson
Affirm-
*252At the November election, 1909, appellants and appellees were candidates for councilmen in the Third ward of the city of Nicholasville. On November 5th the board of election commissioners canvassed the returns and issued a certificate of election to the appellees. On the evening of November 14th the appellants filed with the deputy circuit clerk a petition to contest the election, and asked him then to issue process on it. The day being Sunday, he declined to do so. They applied to him on the following Monday again to issue the process, and he would…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Burr v. LewisTexas Supreme Court · 1851
- Johnson v. MeyersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- Geneva Cooperage Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
- Williams v. LaneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Allen v. ElliottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by16 opinions
- Meridian Life Insurance v. MilamCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Lilly v. O'BrienCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Price v. RussellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Salisbury v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Damron v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.