Rasmussen v. Baker
Wyoming Supreme Court
ReseRved questions from the District Court for Carbon County. Hon. Jesse Knight, Judge. This case was pending in the District Court for Carbon County. Plaintiff and defendant were opposing candidates for the office of County Treasurer of Carbon Coúnty, at the election of 1896, and defendant was declared elected by the canvassing board by a vote of 1,189 as against a vote of 1,162 for the plaintiff.
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ReseRved questions from the District Court for Carbon County. Hon. Jesse Knight, Judge. This case was pending in the District Court for Carbon County. Plaintiff and defendant were opposing candidates for the office of County Treasurer of Carbon Coúnty, at the election of 1896, and defendant was declared elected by the canvassing board by a vote of 1,189 as against a vote of 1,162 for the plaintiff. Plaintiff contested such election, principally upon the ground that in two precincts, Hanna and Carbon, certain natives of Finland, naturalized citizens of the United States who could not read the…
1Opinion of the Court
PotteR, Justice.
The plaintiff brought this action in the district court to contest the election of defendant to the office of county *125treasurer of Oarbon County. The plaintiff and defendant were opposing candidates for that office at the election, held on the 3d day of November, 1896. According to the abstract of votes made by the county board of canvassers, the defendant was credited with 1,189 votes, and the plaintiff with 1,162 votes, and a certificate of election was issued to the defendant. The case was submitted to the district court upon an agreed statement of facts, whereupon that…
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