Mayor of Landover Hills v. Brandt

This appeal challenges the correctness of a recount conducted by Chief Judge Gray in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, and a decree passed pursuant thereto, declaring that the appellee was duly elected Mayor of the Town of Landover in the election held May 9, 1951, by a vote of 200 to 199.

Certain preliminary questions were raised at the argument, though not presented in the briefs. The petition for recount was filed in equity. The answer did not raise any jurisdictional question, but we think it was improperly brought on the equity side of the court. The legislature has provided,…