Coulehan v. White
Court of Appeals of Maryland
At an election held in the city of Cumberland on May 19th, 1902, W. T. Coulehan and W. C. White were opposing candidates for the office of Mayor. The return of the Board of Canvassers showed that Mr. White had received a majority of sixteen votes and was elected.
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At an election held in the city of Cumberland on May 19th, 1902, W. T. Coulehan and W. C. White were opposing candidates for the office of Mayor. The return of the Board of Canvassers showed that Mr. White had received a majority of sixteen votes and was elected. Mr. Coulehan then filed in the Circuit Court for that county the petition in this case alleging that the judges of election had counted for White certain ballots which were illegally marked and should have been rejected and that some of the ballots counted for White did not contain the initials of the election judge, etc. The prayer…
1Per curiam
With the exception of the rulings in relation to class 4 the rulings and order appealed from will be affirmed for the reasons given in the opinion of the Court below.
In our opinion the ballots included in class four were erroneously rejected and'should have been counted, because they were not illegally marked within the rule laid down in Duvall v. Miller, 94 Md. 697. Inasmuch as the counting of the ballots in class 4, instead of rejecting them makes no change in the result, but only adds to the majority of the candidate declared elected by the Court below, the judgment will be affirmed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Duvall v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
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