Aldridge v. Hamlin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Parmer County; D. B. Hill, Judge. Election contest by J. H. Aldridge and •others against J. D. Hamlin and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHendricks, J.
This case involves the ■contest of an election, over the removal of the county seat of Parmer county, Tex., from Farwell to Parmerton. The county judge, in announcing the returns and declaring the result of the election, stated a total of 228 votes, 110 for the county seat remaining at Farwell, 114 for removal to Parmerton, three for Friona, and one for Bovina. As canvassed, Parmerton not having received the majority (its vote being equal to Friona and Farwell), the result was declared in favor of the county seat remaining at Far-well. The election was ordered on September 15, 1913, and held…
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