Duvall v. Miller
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Merrick, J.) The petition in this case charged that the result of the election, as certified by the Judges, was owing to the following irregularities, errors and wrongful acts of the-Judges of Election at said election, in not receiving and counting legal ballots offered and cast thereat for each of the petitioners, viz: 4A. A large number of legal ballots were wrongfully rejected by said Judges of Election, and not…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Merrick, J.) The petition in this case charged that the result of the election, as certified by the Judges, was owing to the following irregularities, errors and wrongful acts of the-Judges of Election at said election, in not receiving and counting legal ballots offered and cast thereat for each of the petitioners, viz: 4A. A large number of legal ballots were wrongfully rejected by said Judges of Election, and not counted by them for either of your petitioners whereas they should have been counted for each of them, because a portion…
1Opinion of the Court
■Page, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The questions in this case arise upon the rulings of the Cir cuit Court for Prince George’s County, on demurrer to the petition filed by the appellants. After stating the qualifications of each of the appellants to be a County Commissioner, and that at the general election held on the 5th of November last they were candidates for the said office against the appellees, the appellants allege in their petition that the appellees were certified as elected by the election officers but that notwithstanding said certificate and return, the petitioners in…
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