Rasberry v. Hicks
Decision Date | 12 November 1930 |
Docket Number | No. 191.,191. |
Citation | 155 S.E. 616 |
Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
Parties | RASBERRY. v. HICKS et al. |
Appeal from Superior Court, Greene County; Nunn, Judge.
Action by E. A. Rasberry against N. U. Mewborn and S. H. Hicks and others, composing the Board of Elections of the County of Greene. From a judgment dismissing the action, plaintiff appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
This is an action brought by plaintiff against defendants, plaintiff claiming that there were irregularities in a primary election and demanding certain relief.
The matter was heard before Nunn, J., who rendered the following judgment: To the foregoing judgment plaintiff excepted, assigned error, and appealed to the Supreme Court.
On the face of the returns plaintiff received 1, 149 votes and defendant 1, 181, a majority of 32 votes for the defendant Mewborn. On October 3, 1930, plaintiff filed an amended complaint and contended that certain votes cast were illegal and should not have been counted by the defendant board of elections, and setting forth, among other things:
The board of elections,...
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