Myers v. Shaw

Jedge Cammack

Affirming.

Ernest L. Myers, Jr., appellant, and H. Nick Shaw, appellee, were among the twelve candidates who sought the six positions of city councilmen of the city of Glasgow. The official returns, as certified by the Barren County Board of Election Commissioners, showed Myers to have been sixth highest and he was awarded a certificate of election. Shaw’s total vote was certified as being but two under that received by Myers.

Shaw filed a petition in the Barren Circuit Court, seeking a recount. Styled as defendants in the action were the eleven other candidates and the members of…