Conley v. Hile

Appellee contested the election of appellant as judge of the Elkhart superior court. There was a judgment for appellee. The county canvassing board certified appellant to have been elected by nine votes upon the returns made by the precinct election boards, and he was commissioned by the governor. Appellee instituted proceedings for a recount. The recount commissioners, as a result of the count, certified the contestor as receiving a majority of twenty-one votes. The county commissioners found for the contestor. There was an appeal to the circuit court, and it appears from the conclusions of…