Legal Opinion
Fontenot v. Lee
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 24, 1978No. 6477PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULPEPPER, Judge.
This is a suit to contest an election. The case was previously before us, 348 So.2d 760 (La.App.3rd Cir. 1977). The district judge had sustained defendants’ exception of no cause of action on the basis that plaintiff’s petition failed to state with sufficient particularity allegations of fraud and irregularities. We reversed, holding that some of the allegations as to fraud and irregularities were sufficient to state a cause of action. We remanded the case for trial.
After remand, the case was tried on the merits on September 23, 1977. The issues tried were: (1) Whether…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Perez v. CognevichSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Timberlake v. LindseyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Fontenot v. LeeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
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