Hatcher v. Ardery

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Following the state-wide primary election held on August 4, 1951, George Glenn Hatcher, who was a candidate for Democratic nomination for Auditor of Public Accounts, filed a petition in the Franklin Circuit Court, under KRS 122.060, seeking a recount of the votes in 16 counties designated in his petition. He tendered, with his petition, a bond in the amount of $500, to cover the costs of the requested recount. The judge of the Franklin Circuit Court refused to approve the tendered bond, and dismissed the petition for a recount, on the ground that the court had no…