Burchell v. State Board of Election Commissioners

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Rees

Affirming.

At the regular election held in November, 1932, each of the appellees, Fred M. Vinson, Virgil Chapman, Glover H. Carey, C. H. Carden, Finley Hamilton, A. J. May, W. V. Gregory, and Brent Spence was a candidate for Representative in the United States Congress from the state at large. The state board of election commissioners canvassed the returns, found that each of the appellees had received a majority of votes cast, and certified the results to the clerk of the House of Representatives-. Thereafter each -of the appellees took the required…