Ramsay v. Wilhelm

Suit by Wilhelm against Ramsay for the office of mayor of San Marcos on the ground that he had received a majority of the legal votes cast at the election of April 7, 1931. The returns of the election showed Ramsay 434 votes; Wilhelm 430. Ramsay was declared elected and qualified on April 21, 1931. Wilhelm’s pleadings alleged, among, other things, that certain voters, naming them, voted for Ramsay whose votes were illegal for the following reasons: Because 24 were aliens; 5 had failed to pay poll taxes due in Hays county; 5 had not resided in the city six months next prior to the election; 3…