Nordloh v. Packard

At the general election in November, 1908, Henry Nordloh and Albert H. Packard were opposing candidates for election to the office of county commissioner of Adams county. The count .of the official returns of the election officers, made by the county canvassing board, gave Nordloh 182 majority; and thereupon the certificate of election was issued and delivered to him. Packard being dissatisfied, instituted this contest in the county court against Nordloh, and in the written statement which our special statute requires, alleged, in legal effect, that if the election had been honestly conducted…