Thorp v. Murchison

HUGHES, Justice.

This purports to be an election contest in which appellant, M. M. Thorp, is contesting the election of appellee, A. W. Murchison, to the office of Constable, Precinct No. 3, Travis County, at the general election held on November 4, 1952.

The grounds of contest, filed in the trial court November 19, 1952, are that appellee failed to comply with Sec. (b), Art. 14.08, Texas- Election Code, V.A.T.S., requiring candidates for public office to file expense accounts relating to such candidacy at stated intervals before and after the election in which the candidate’s name appears on…