Welch v. Gossens
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Tenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Rapides. Hunter, J.
1Opinion of the CourtOn application for rehearing by Breaux, J.
*853The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
The plaintiff takes this appeal from the judgment dismissing his suit contesting the election of the plaintiff as mayor of Alexandria.
The petition alleges, that plaintiff and defendant were candidates for the office of mayor of Alexandria; that plaintiff received a plurality of the votes cast, but was deprived in the count of a number of the ballots in his favor, resulting in giving to his competitor the election, according to the returns. The petition then proceeds to assail “the election as not held in accordance with the Constitution and…
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