Gantt v. Brown
Supreme Court of Missouri
Election Contest. (1) None of the ballots cast at the election in 1910 for the offices in contest (or otherwise) had indorsed thereon the registration or line number of the voter casting the same, and, therefore, none of those ballots could legally be counted in this case.
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Election Contest. (1) None of the ballots cast at the election in 1910 for the offices in contest (or otherwise) had indorsed thereon the registration or line number of the voter casting the same, and, therefore, none of those ballots could legally be counted in this case. Sec. 6189, R. S. 1909' (Laws 190®, p. 170); sec.-5905, R. S. 1909; Constitution, sec. 5, art. 8; Donnell v. Lee, 101 Mo. 191. In McKay v. Minner, 154 Mo. 608, this court, construing sec. 7109 (now sec. 5904, R. S. 1909), held that section to be mandatory. In West v. Ross, 53 Mo. 350, and Ledbetter v. Hall, 62 Mo. 422, this…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Contestant and contestee were opposing candidates for the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri at the general election held in November, 19101. The proceeding was brought in this court under the statute which so authorizes such action. The petition and the answer need not be set out, either in full or in substance, for the questions now left in the case. Suffice it to say that issues of fraud and illegal voting were made by the pleadings. In the answer, and otherwise by motion, the jurisdiction of this court is challenged by contestee, and was so challenged from the beginning.…
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