Alderson v. Commissioners

Beannon, Judge:

John D. Alderson presented his petition to the Circuit Court of Kanawha county representing, that at the election on the 6th of November, 1888, he had received a large number of votes in all the counties of the Third District of this *455State for representive in the Congress of the United States, and that James H. McGinnis also received a large number of votes for the same position; that on the 12th of November, 1888, the commissioners of the County Court of Kanawha county met to ascertain the result of said election in that county; that the certificates from the precincts showed,…