Bartmess v. Hendricks
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari from Court of Appeal, Second Circuit. Action by U. S. Bartmess against B. It. .T-Tendricks, to contest an election to the office or mayor of the town of Cedar Grove. The district court annulled the election of defendant, but awarded the office to plaintiff, and the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment, and defendant applies for cer-tiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
This is a contest over an election for the office of mayor of Cedar Grove, a town of less than 2,500- inhabitants. At a primary election previously held plaintiff had been nominated for said office,-but his nomination had been set aside at the suit of defendant, and there was not sufficient time in which to hold another primary.
Defendant (being the incumbent) thereupon surreptitiously had his own name printed on the official ballot for the general election, pursuant to an alleged nomination paper wholly irregular and insufficient under the provisions of sections 50 and 51 of Act 137 of 1896.…
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