Legal Opinion
Thornhill v. Wear
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 11, 1912No. 19,634PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Election contest by Commodore Perry Thornhill against George Wear. From an order overruling defendant’s exceptions in part to plaintiff’s order requiring defendant to answer the contest petition, and directing defendant to answer, he brings prohibition and certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
At the recent primary' election the defendant was a candidate to succeed himself as judge of the Thirteenth judicial district, and plaintiff was his competitor. Defendant was returned elected, and plaintiff filed the present suit to contest the election.
The statute making provision for the contesting of elections in court provides as follows:
“Any candidate for a nomination for any office who shall claim to have been nominated, and shall desire to contest the election, shall present a petition to the judge of the district court of the parish in which the capital of the state is situated, if…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Vial v. ElferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- State ex rel. Le Blanc v. Twenty-First Judicial District Democratic CommitteeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Triche v. LabicheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Maggiore v. LochbaumLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1916