Oliver v. Martin

This is an election contest. Defendant, P. A. Martin, Jr., was certified by the Iberville Parish Democratic Executive Committee as the nominee of the party for the office of Police Juror in Ward 9 of that Parish. Plaintiff herein filed this petition alleging that had the absentee ballots cast in the election been properly counted by the Commissioners at the polls in Ward 9, he, rather than defendant, would have received a majority of the votes cast.

The petition was filed on December 20, 1967, but proper service was not made on the defendant, due to an error made by a deputy sheriff.

Exceptions…