Gouaux v. Guidry

McCALEB, Justice.

In the Second Primary Election held on February 19,' 1952, four candidates were seeking the Democratic nomination for two seats in the House of Representatives from the Parish of Lafourche, namely, R. J. Soignet, Richard Guidry, Eugene G. Gouaux and Harvey Peltier, Jr. Soignet and Guidry, having received more votes than the other candidates according to the returns of the election commissioners, were certified, on February 23, 1952, by the Democratic Executive Committee of Lafourche Parish as the nominees.

Thereafter, on February 25th, Gouaux, who ran third in the Committee’s…