Brantley v. Smith

Plaintiff and defendant were rival candidates for' the office of town marshal of the town of Farmerville, Louisiana, at a primary election held on May 3, 1927.

According to the count of returns made by the commissioners of election, the defendant, Smith, received 134 votes and the plaintiff, Brantley, received 133.

Within forty-eight hours after the closing of the ¡polls plaintiff filed this contest, alleging that the commissioners of election had allowed Mrs. Aubrie E. Rab.un, Doyle Smith, Mrs. Doyle Smith, Mrs. Blake Al*183britton and Willie Nolan to vote at said election over his protest; that…