Honorable B.E. "Slim" Speights v. Bob Willis

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-02-192 CV

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B.E. "SLIM" SPEIGHTS, Appellant

V

BOB WILLIS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 258th District Court

Polk County, Texas

Trial Cause No. 18892

OPINION

B.E. "Slim" Speights contests the result of the 2000 election for Polk County Commissioner, Precinct 1. Speights claims over 5000 voters were not residents and were not properly registered. See Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 11.002(5), (6) (Vernon Supp. 2002). After a bench trial on the merits conducted on April 29 and 30, 2002, the trial court declared…