Girhard v. Yost

Appellee filed a petition in the circuit court of Jasper county to contest the election of appellant to the office of county superintendent of schools in that county. On hearing the court found that appellee was elected to said office and that the certificate of election issued to appellant was null and void. Appellant brings the cause here for review.

Appellant’s first assignment of error is the denial by the court of his motion to dismiss appellee’s petition for want of jurisdiction. This motion was based on the ground, among others, that the petition was not properly verified.

The petition…