Wood v. Bateman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington; P. B. Carter, Judge. Suit by J. P. Wood and others against Jason E1. Bateman. Suit dismissed, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Plaintiffs, 45 in number, .alleging that they are citizens and qualified voters of the parish of Washington, brought this suit, on March 20, 1920, to have it decreed that the name of the defendant should *291not be printed as the Democratic nominee for the- office of sheriff upon the ballots to be used at the general election to be held on April 20, 1920.
The petition charges that a Democratic primary for state and parish officers was ordered and held in Washington parish on January 20, 1920, and that petitioners voted thereat; that the candidates for the office…
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