Evans v. White

This is an election contest wherein the contestant, Carmen Evans, asserts title to the office of sheriff of Unicoi County by reason of the general election held on August 1, 1946. The petition filed in Circuit Court admits that upon the face of the official returns the contestee, "White, was elected by a majority of thirty-seven, he having received a total of seventeen hundred and seventy-one votes, while contestant received seventeen hundred and thirty-four. A third and only other candidate received thirteen votes. The county election commissioners, whom the con- testee calls nominal…