Stokely v. Burke

This is an election contest. The parties were rival candidates for the office of justice of the peace of the Sixth civil district of Cocke county, at the regular election held therein, on the 1st day of August, 1912. No point is made as to the' eligibility of either candidate; the sole question is: Who was elected? The returns made by those charged by the statutes with the duty of holding the election showed that Burke received 210 votes, that Stokely received 209 votes, and that Burke was elected. Wherefore, Stokely, conceiving himself to he thereby aggrieved, set on foot this.suit, seeking…