Muncy v. Duff

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt—

Affirming.

A unique contest was waged for the office of jailer, in Leslie county, at the November election, 1921, between the appellee, Sylvania Duff, a woman, who was a candidate as an Independent, and the appellant, Allen Muncy, who was the nominee of the Republican party, and resulted in the election upon the face of the election returns of the appellee over her masculine rival. Her majority as certified by the election commissioners was twenty-nine votes. The -appellant forthwith instituted a contest of -her election, alleging that at several of…