Wallace v. Leggett

This is a primary election contest case growing out of the Democratic Primary election held on August 6, 1963, for the election of a supervisor for District No. 4 of Lincoln County. Lloyd Case, Alton (Bitsey) Hart, Leroy (Dock) Leggett and Esco Wallace were the candidates for the office of supervisor. After the election returns had been canvassed it appeared that Case had received 178 votes, Hart 59 votes, Leggett 863 votes and Wallace 394 votes, the total number of votes cast for supervisor for District No. 4 was 1494. From the canvass of the returns thus made Leggett had received 863 votes,…