State ex rel. Graves v. Wiegand

The question at. the bottom of this controversy is one of evidence. The lawyerlike stipulation entered into by both sides settles the facts so as to leave for consideration only the proper application of correct rules of evidence. Counsel for appellant has in a very commendable manner cleared the case of all confusion arising from disputed facts by resting his case on the proposition that the statute prescribing the mode of the return and preservation of the ballots is not directory but mandatory; that before the ballots can be used as evidence to impeach the result declared by the board of…