Eikmeier v. Steffen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Herman Eikmeier and others, legal voters in the county of Pipestone, appealed to the district court for the county from the canvass and declared result of the county canvassing board of that county of the election held on June 7, 1915, under the provisions of Laws 1915, p. 24, c. 23, on the question whether the sale of intoxicating liquor should be prohibited, wherein the canvassing board declared there were 1,069 votes in favor of and 1,073 votes against the proposition.
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Herman Eikmeier and others, legal voters in the county of Pipestone, appealed to the district court for the county from the canvass and declared result of the county canvassing board of that county of the election held on June 7, 1915, under the provisions of Laws 1915, p. 24, c. 23, on the question whether the sale of intoxicating liquor should be prohibited, wherein the canvassing board declared there were 1,069 votes in favor of and 1,073 votes against the proposition. The county of Pipe-stone and its auditor appeared and prayed that the appeal be dismissed. John Steffen and others,…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylok, C.
On June 7,1915, an election was held in the county of Pipestone under chapter 23, p. 24, of the Laws of 1915, known as the county option law, to determine whether the sale of intoxicating liquor should be prohibited within that county. The canvassing board certified that 2,150 votes were cast at the election, and that 1,069 thereof were in favor of such prohibition and 1,073 thereof were against such prohibition. Certain voters duly instituted a contest, and, as a result of the trial thereof, the court found that 2,154 ballots were cast at the election; that three of them were cast…
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