Moore v. Sharp

This record presents a contest for the office of Sheriff of Davidson County. The investigation in the Court below assumed a very wide range, presenting directly or remotely nearly every feature of our election laws; the result is a record of almost unprecedented 'volume. While the case is to be tried in this Court as an equity case, de novo wherein the findings of the Circuit Judge on questions of fact are not conclusive, our investigations must necessarily be confined to the assignments of error.

*495Moore and Sharp were opposing candidates for tbe office of Sheriff at the general election held…