Vicars v. Stokely

This case involves an election contest.

We have jurisdiction of the case under Articles 1728 and 1821, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Statutes, because the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals disagreed upon a question of law material to the decision of the case. 296 S.W. 2d 599. We also have jurisdiction under such Articles because the Court of Civil Appeals has held differently from a prior decision of another Court of Civil Appeals upon a question of law material to the decision of the case.

The Court of Civil Appeals has held in this case that ballots should not be counted when the corresponding…