Barber v. Edgar

POMEROY, Justice.

This Complaint seeking Declaratory Judgment is brought pursuant to the provisions of 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5951-5963. It is before us on report. On the Complaint and Answer we are to render such decision as the rights of the parties require.

The Answer admits all the allegations of fact in the Complaint. It is thus established that Plaintiff Robert Barber was a duly qualfied candidate for nomination for the office of Sheriff of Androscoggin County in the Democratic Primary Election, June 19, 1972.

When the polls opened on that day Robert W. Bonenfant and Emile Roy were likewise…