Aubert v. Burns
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Rule by Robert L. Aubert and others against Wade Burns and the Registrar of Yoters to cancel name of Burns from municipal registration book of town of Covington. Judgment for defendant Burns dismissing plaintiffs’ suit, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The plaintiffs, being candidates for the offices of mayor and councilmen of the town of Covington, to be voted for in an election to be held on the 19th of June, 1917, proceeded by rule against Wade Burns and the registrar of voters on the 30th of May, 1917, to compel the registrar to cancel the name of Burns from the municipal registration book, on the allegation that he had not resided in the town from a date one year preceding the date of the election. The plaintiffs alleged that the municipal charter required that an elector should reside in the town one year, to be qualified to vote in a…
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