Moore v. Mayfield
Illinois Supreme Court
"Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Morgan county. At an election held on the 6th day of November, 1866, Sylvester L. Moore and Milton Mayfield were opposing candidates for the office of sheriff of Morgan "county, and upon counting the votes, the canvassers declared that Moore had received a majority thereof, and was elected to that office.
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"Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Morgan county. At an election held on the 6th day of November, 1866, Sylvester L. Moore and Milton Mayfield were opposing candidates for the office of sheriff of Morgan "county, and upon counting the votes, the canvassers declared that Moore had received a majority thereof, and was elected to that office. On the 4th of December following, Mayfield notified Moore that he should contest the alleged right of the latter to hold the office, on the ground that he, Mayfield, had received a majority of all the legal votes cast at said election, and that he…
1Per curiam
The cross-motion of the defendant, to dismiss this writ of error, on the ground that the decision of the circuit court was final, must be allowed. The language of the 49th section of the election law (Rev. Stat. 1845, 224), which controls this question, is explicit, that on an appeal to the circuit court from the decision of the justices, in the matter of a contested election such as this, the decision of that court “ shall be final.” A similar provision in the 38th section of chapter 93 of the Revised Statutes, entitled “Roads,” was before this court for consideration, in the case of Coon v.…
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