Rowland v. Board of Elections of Vance County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from Kerr, J., at chambers, 24 August, 1922, from Yastce. Civil action to require tbe defendant Board of Elections of Yance County, by writ of mandamus, to tabulate tbe returns made by tbe judges and registrars of tbe several precincts in a primary election beld in said county on 1 July, 1922, and then to publish and declare tbe correct result of said primary election in regard to tbe nomination of a candidate of tbe Democratic Party, for tbe office of…
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Appeal by defendants from Kerr, J., at chambers, 24 August, 1922, from Yastce. Civil action to require tbe defendant Board of Elections of Yance County, by writ of mandamus, to tabulate tbe returns made by tbe judges and registrars of tbe several precincts in a primary election beld in said county on 1 July, 1922, and then to publish and declare tbe correct result of said primary election in regard to tbe nomination of a candidate of tbe Democratic Party, for tbe office of register of deeds of said county. Tbe plaintiff duly set out in bis petition that, on tbe face of said returns, be was…
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, J.
On the hearing it was properly made to appear that on 3 June, 1922, an election was held in Yanee County, pursuant to article 17, chapter 97, of the Consolidated Statutes, for the purpose of selecting, among others, a nominee of the Democratic Party as candidate for the office of register of deeds of said county. At this election the plaintiff, who, with others, had duly and regularly entered the primary, received a plurality, but not a majority of the votes cast in said contest. Whereupon, Mrs. George T. Buchan, who, as one of the contestants, had received the second highest number of votes…
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