Shaver v. Sparks

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Dismissing appeals.

These two eases arise out of the same state of facts and have been consolidated on this appeal and will be disposed of in one opinion.

The appellants and five others, viz., Huba Sparks, Nobel Whitmer, Fred Fleming, T. B. Withers and J. C. Hocker, were candidates at the November 1938 election for members of the Muhlenberg County Board of Education. The respective candidates received the following number of votes: Crabtree 1,077; Shaver 1,186; Sparks 1,528; Whitmer, 1,378; Fleming, 1,100; Withers 995 and Hocker 168.

Sparks and Whitmer having…