Baker v. Marcum, Sr.

Opinion op the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellee was nominated in the August primary, 1925, .as the Bepublican candidate for jailer of Clay county. Shortly thereafter he received his certificate of .nomination, but did not file the same forty-five days before the regular election as is required by law.

Appellant as an independent candidate filed-her petition with the county court clerk with the required number of electors signing same, and filed it more than forty-five days before the regular election.

Although the failure of appellee to file his certificate of nomination in the…