Flaten v. Kvale
Supreme Court of Minnesota
. From the judgment of the district court for Swift county, entered pursuant to the findings and order for judgment of Johnson, J., that 0. J. Kvale, contestee, was not duly nominated to the office of member of Congress in the Seventh Congressional District of Minnesota at the primary election held on June 21, 1920, and that Andrew J. Volstead was duly nominated as the candidate of the Republican party for such office, the contestee appealed.
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. From the judgment of the district court for Swift county, entered pursuant to the findings and order for judgment of Johnson, J., that 0. J. Kvale, contestee, was not duly nominated to the office of member of Congress in the Seventh Congressional District of Minnesota at the primary election held on June 21, 1920, and that Andrew J. Volstead was duly nominated as the candidate of the Republican party for such office, the contestee appealed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
Andrew J. Volstead and the contestee, O. J. Kvale, were opposing candidates for the Republican party nomination for member of Congress from the Seventh Congressional District of Minnesota at the primary election held on June 21, 1920. There were no other candidates for such nomination. The contestee received a majority of the votes cast and was declared the nominee by the canvassing board. Thereafter 49 citizens qf the district, qualified to vote for such candidates at such primary, signed and caused to be filed in the district court of the county in which con-testee resided, a petition to…
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