Plessala v. Landry

This is an election contest suit in which the contestee, Merval J. Landry, is appealing from the judgment of the trial court declaring contestant, Herman A. Plessala, to be the Democratic nominee for the office of Member, School Board, St. Mary Parish, Ward 8, pursuant to a primary .election held September 26, 1970.

The basis of plaintiff’s action was, in essence, that a number of absentee ballots cast for appellant were spoiled and illegally credited to appellant by the St. Mary Parish Democratic Executive Committee which promulgated the results of the primary election on September 30, 1970.…