MUNNELL v. ROWLETTE

No. 39854.

145 N.W.2d 531 (1966)

David MUNNELL, contestant, Appellant, v. G. F. ROWLETTE, contestee, Respondent, Elizabeth L. Smith, Clerk of Village of Cass Lake and the Village of Cass Lake, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Nicklaus, St. Paul, for appellant.

Powell & Dessert, Bemidji, for respondent.


OPINION

THOMAS GALLAGHER, Justice.

In a municipal election held December 8, 1964, in the village of Cass Lake, G.F. Rowlette, whose term as municipal judge was expiring, was a candidate to succeed himself. No one had filed to oppose him, but on election day one Sam Gokey, and others representing him, had handed out stickers to prospective voters bearing his printed name and his candidacy for this office. At the...

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