Thornhill v. Wear
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirtieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Caldwell; William M. Wallace, Special Judge. Election contest by Commodore Perry Thornhill against George Wear. From a judgment for contestant, contestee appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
At the Democratic primary election of September 3, 1912, plaintiff and defendant were rival candidates for nomination for the office of judge of the judicial district composed of the parishes of Caldwell and La Salle. Defendant was returned as elected, and the plaintiff filed the present suit, contesting the election. The case is now before this court for the second time. The first time it was remanded in order that certain ballot boxes, which, on objection made by defendant, the trial court had refused to open, should he opened and investigated. The reason for refusing to go into these boxes…
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