Messick v. Grainger

Appellant, as contestant, on November 23, 1946, filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Cedar County notice of contest, the purport of which was to contest the election of respondent to the office of collector of Cedar County at the general election November 5, 1946. The cause reached the circuit court of Polk County, where respondent's motion to dismiss the proceeding was sustained; the proceeding dismissed and contestant appealed.

At the general election, November 5, 1946, in Cedar County, contestant was the [740] Democratic nominee for collector and contestee was the…