The statement shall be verified by the oath of the contestant that the matters therein set forth are, so far as they relate to the contestant’s own act and deed, true and that what relates to the act and deed of any other person the contestant believes to be true.

17 Del. Laws, c. 33, § ?6; 19 Del. Laws, c. 572, § ?1; Code 1915, § ?1905; Code 1935, § ?2023; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?5946; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;