Collins v. McClendon

TJnder the authority of Wood v. Miller, 154 Ark. 318, 242 S. W. 573, appellee brought this suit to oust 'appellant from the office of mayor of the town of Gould, in Lincoln County. According to the returns of the election officers, appellant received 34 votes and appellee 32 for that office. It was alleged that certain illegal votes had been cast for appellant, and that certain legal votes, which would have been cast for appellee, were excluded by the officers of the election, but, as it also appeared that appellant was, at the time of the election, the duly qualified and acting member of the…