Hope v. Flentge
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry 0. Riley, Judge. (1) Contestes’s motion for an order on the county clerk to open and recount all of the ballots cast for him at Appleton and Eriedheim precincts should have been sustained. (2) In his notice contestor objects to the vote of Hy. Belderman (Bueltemann) who is alleged to have voted for contestee.
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Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry 0. Riley, Judge. (1) Contestes’s motion for an order on the county clerk to open and recount all of the ballots cast for him at Appleton and Eriedheim precincts should have been sustained. (2) In his notice contestor objects to the vote of Hy. Belderman (Bueltemann) who is alleged to have voted for contestee. All of the evidence offered by contestor at the trial, which was objected to, relates to the nonresidence of Robert Bueltemann, a brother of Henry, whose vote is not challenged. The court erred in admitting this testimony and in…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
This is a case of contested election under the laws of this State for the office of collector of the revenue of Cape Girardeau county, to which appellant, Elentge, received the certificate of election at the general election held November 3,1896, the official count by the county clerk showing that appellant and eontestee received 2,449 votes and the contestor and respondent 2,440 votes. The official ballot for said election in said county contained eight distinct tickets, grouped under the following.different headings or captions: “Democratic Ticket,” “Republican Ticket,” “People’s Ticket,”…
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