Bradley v. Neill

Plaintiff and defendant were candidates for clerk of court of the parish of Lincoln in the second Democratic primary election held on February 23, 1932. The Democratic Executive Committee of the parish tabulated the returns and found that plaintiff had received 1,588 votes, and that defendant had received 1,590 votes. Defendant was accordingly declared the party nominee, and plaintiff instituted this suit to contest the nomination.

Plaintiff alleges in his petition that twenty-six illegal votes were cast in the election at various voting precincts, of which 22 were cast for defendant and four…