Wilkinson v. La Combe

At the general election held on November 2, 1920, E. S. Wilkinson and William La Combe were rival candidates for *520the office of sheriff of Mineral county. La Combe was declared elected, and Wilkinson instituted this contest upon the ground that illegal votes had been cast and counted for the contestee in numbers sufficient to change the result.

The county commissioners as a board of county canvassers met on November 5 and canvassed the returns-on the election of sheriff, but did not complete the canvass of the returns on all the offices or questions voted upon, or declare the result until…