Fuselier v. Bertrand

PER CURIAM,

This is an election contest filed pursuant to LSA-R.S. 18:364, alleging that the plaintiff, Mr. Avie Fuselier, was entitled, as a result of a first primary held April 8, 1961, to be certified as Democratic nominee for the office of alderman of the municipality of Mamou in the place of Mr. Roy Bertrand, the defendant-contestee, instead of being forced into a runoff for the position in a second primary scheduled to be held on May 13, 1961.

The sole issue before us on this appeal is whether this election contest became moot upon the printing and distribution of the absentee ballots for…