Marrero v. Middleton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; E. K. Skinner, Acting Judge. Action by Louis H. Marrero, Jr., against Fred. A. Middleton and others. From the judgment, defendants' appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit to contest a primary election brought under Act No. 198 of 1912 by the plaintiff, claiming to have been nominated for the office of district attorney for the Twenty-Eighth judicial district, composed of the parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. John. The contestant alleged that he received 1,076 votes', against 1,027 votes cast for the defendant, but that the judicial committee of the district, by ignoring the election and returns from the parish of Jefferson and three wards of the parish of St. Charles, figured out a majority in favor of the defendant, and returned him…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Andrews v. BlackmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Maggiore v. LochbaumLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1916