Barnett v. State

This is a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto proceeding to try the title of the appellant, Horatio Barnett, to the office of justice of the peace of Fenter Township, in Hqt Spring County, this State.

The facts are undisputed and are as follows: At the general election in 1918, 245 votes were cast in Fen-ter Township. At the 1920 election the ballot contained the direction to the electors to “vote for three” justices of the peace, instead of the proper direction to “vote for two” justices of the peace. At the time of the 1920 election four persons held commissions and were acting as…