Wallace v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Logan

Reversing.

There were primary elections held in this state on August 6, 1927, at which the Democratic and Republican Parties had candidates for all state offices as well as for certain district officers. James A. Wallace, the appellant, was a candidate at that Republican Primary for the nomination for auditor of public accounts for the state of Kentucky, and one of his opponents was John M. Perkins. The result of the vote was close, and, as the returns came into the office of the secretary of state, first one of these candidates was ahead and then the other.…