Ferguson v. Allen
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the district court of the third district. The opinion states the facts except the following: The statutes of the Territory provide that, qualified voters may object in writing to the right to-vote of any person upon the voting lists, and that a. hearing shall be had thereon before the deputy registration officer, and if upon such hearing the deputy registrar shall find that the person objected to is not a qualified voter he shall transmit the name…
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Appeal from a judgment of the district court of the third district. The opinion states the facts except the following: The statutes of the Territory provide that, qualified voters may object in writing to the right to-vote of any person upon the voting lists, and that a. hearing shall be had thereon before the deputy registration officer, and if upon such hearing the deputy registrar shall find that the person objected to is not a qualified voter he shall transmit the name to the judges of election, and such judges shall strike the name so certified from the lists before the opening of the…
1Opinion of the Court
IMiNER, J.:
'The plaintiff, Fergus Ferguson, and the defendant, Clarence E. Allen, were each, respectively, candidates for the office of county clerk of the county of Salt Lake, Territory of Utah, at the August election in 1890, and the only candidates therefor. At the canvass of the votes by the county canvassers of the precinct returns, that body adjudged that defendant, Allen, had received a majority of fifteen votes; the said plaintiff having received 3,740 votes, and the defendant having received 3,755 votes; and a certificate of .election was accordingly given to the defendant, Allen,…
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