Longoria v. Longoria

This is an election contest and the appeal concerns the validity of the election of- a special judge under the provisions of Articles 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stats. The parties are rival claimants to the office of County Commissioner of Precinct No. 3, Stary County. The Special Judge, after hearing full evidence, declared the contestant, Armando Longoria, to be the duly elected County Commissioner. The.contestee and his attorneys were not present at the election of the special judge nor. the trial, but they timely filed a motion for new trial and a motion to…