Kommers v. Palagi

Opinion:

This appeal is from the judgment of the district court for Cascade county adjudging contestee guilty of violating the Cor rupt Practices Act, and declaring his election to the office of sheriff of Cascade county void, and declaring the office of sheriff vacant, and awarding the contestants their costs and attorney’s fees.

Contestee was a candidate for election to the office in question in the 1938 election. In the primary election he secured the Republican nomination, and the official canvass after the November election showed that he had a majority of the votes cast for that office.…