Mehrens v. Election Canvassing Board

This is an election contest between Peter Mehrens, plaintiff and contestant, and George W. Pratt, defendant and eontestee, in the ■ district court for Douglas county to determine which one of the two was elected a member of the board of education of the school district of Omaha at the general election November 3, 1936. Both were eligible and their names were printed on the official ballots with the names of 42 other'candidates for membership on the school board. Electors were at liberty to vote for six candidates only — the number to be elected.

Each party to the contest pleaded that he was…