Truelsen v. Hugo
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by Henry Truelsen from a judgment of the district court for St. Louis county, Ensign and Cant, JJ., that Trevanion W. Hugo was elected to the office of mayor of the city of Duluth.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
At the Duluth city election held in February, 1902, Trevanion W. Hugo, contestee, and Henry Truelsen, contestant, were candidates for the office of mayor. The canvassing board gave the election to the contestee by a plurality of seven votes. Proceedings were commenced by Truelsen contesting the election, and on the recount one hundred twenty-nine ballots were challenged by the several parties and made the subject of the contest. The one hundred *140twenty-nine disputed ballots were divided by tbe trial court into two general classes: First, those ballots which were disputed for the reason that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pennington v. HareSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- State ex rel. Braley v. GaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Truelsen v. HugoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- McKay v. MinnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
3Cited by6 opinions
- State ex rel. Case v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1914
- Emery v. KippCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
- Wolford v. Crystal Lake Cemetery Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- McEwen v. PrinceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Johnson v. TrnkaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
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