Cory v. MacKenzie

Plaintiff filed an information in the nature of quo warranto, challenging the right of defendant to hold the office of supervisor for the township of Carp Lake in Ontonagon county. The parties were candidates for the said office in the spying election of 1940, and a recount of ballots showed defendant to be victor by a margin of five votes. Plaintiff contends that eight votes which were counted for defendant were not legal, and should not have been counted, and that he should be declared elected by a majority of three.

The official ballot contained two tickets — the “Township Ticket” and the…