Voorhees v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Gourt. — Hon. H. M. Remxey, Judge. At the general election in 1897, contestant was the Democratic, and incumbent tbe Republican, candidate for the office of sheriff of Jones county. The board of county canvassers, on the face of the returns, declared the incumbent, Arnold, elected, the returns showing a majority in his favor of seven. Voorhees contested the election, and the court of contest found Arnold elected by a majority of three.
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Appeal from Jones District Gourt. — Hon. H. M. Remxey, Judge. At the general election in 1897, contestant was the Democratic, and incumbent tbe Republican, candidate for the office of sheriff of Jones county. The board of county canvassers, on the face of the returns, declared the incumbent, Arnold, elected, the returns showing a majority in his favor of seven. Voorhees contested the election, and the court of contest found Arnold elected by a majority of three. On appeal tp the district court, the case was tried without a jury, and again decided in favor of Arnold by a majority of , four;…
1Opinion of the Court
Granger, J. —
Tbe legal propositions are exclusively as to tbe validity of ballots counted or rejected. Tbe alleged defects are as to markings, and we bave certified to us upwards of two hundred and forty ballots, because of tbe inaccuracy of those presented in tbe abstracts. As it is a law action, tbe case comes to us on assignment of errors, and counsel in its preparation, as well as this court in its consideration, bave experienced a difficulty in tbe adoption of a system by which tbe multitude of questions may be considered without tbe labor of doing so in detail. Tor this purpose counsel…
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