State v. Duncan

In this suit, the relator, James W. Tanner, is seeking to have declared as null and void, and of no force and effect, the action of the Democratic Executive Committee of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, which, by resolution adopted on October 17, 1942, rejected his nomination as candidate of the Democratic party for member of the School Board of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Eighth Ward, although he had been elected in the primary election, and certified instead, the name of his unsuccessful opponent, Joseph H. Duncan. All the formalities prescribed by the primary law, Act No. 46 of 1940, in…