Murphy v. Trimble, Judge

Separate suits were filed in the Madison circuit court by Van Albertson, Howard Brashears and E. E. Polk, who were candidates at the Democratic primary election held in Madison county on August 27,1940, for the respective offices of representative in the General Assembly, county judge and county treasurer, to contest the nominations of their respective opponents, Carl Y. Stewart, Hugh Murphy and Andrew Nelson, who had been declared the nominees of the Democratic party for these offices by the party authorities.

The complaints are identical except the names of the parties and the offices- for…