McBride v. Cantu

NORVELL, Justice.

James McBride and Lino Cantu were the only candidates for . the Democratic nomination for the office of County Commissioner of Precinct No. 3, of Brooks *127County, Texas, at the Democratic primary election held on July 27th, A. D. 1940.

The Democratic Executive Committee, after the primary, met, canvassed the returns and declared the results of said election, which were that McBride had received 162 votes and Cantu, 165 votes. Shortly after this action by the Democratic Executive Committee of the county, McBride brought proceedings to contest the election before said committee.…