Brunson v. Dobbs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Elmore County; A. B. Poster, Judge. Proceeding by J. W. Dobbs against T. W. Brunson to contest the election for Mayor of the Town of Tallassee. There was a judgment for the former, and the latter appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
[1,2] This cause in-: volves the contest of the election for mayor of the town of Tallassee. Section 1168 of the Code of 1907 provides for the contest of municipal elections upon the same grounds and in the same manner providing for contesting the election for probate judges, as set forth in -section 470 of the Code as amended by the Act of 1911, p. 195. The first ground of the contest, as set forth in paragraph 3 of the petition, and to which the demurrer wast overruled, was under subdivision 4 of section 455 of the Code of 1907, to wit, “on account of ¡the rejection of legal votes.” Section…
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