Pierce v. Harrold

Opinion

McDANIEL, J.

Defendant and appellant Joanne K. Harrold, after she was elected a Judge of the Municipal Court, West Orange County Judicial District, in the June 1982 Primary Election, became the target of two election contests filed in Orange County Superior Court. These actions were consolidated for all purposes. After trial, the judgment entered ruled in favor of the contestants. It annulled the defendant’s election; it prescribed that an election to fill the office vacated be conducted as part of the November 1982 General Election; and it declared that defendant was ineligible to be a…