McBeth v. Streib

BOBBITT, Justice.

This is another primary election contest •which comes here on appeal from the district court of Uvalde county, which court, after a lengthy hearing, entered judgment awarding the Democratic nomination for the office of county commissioner precinct No. 3, of said county, to appellee, Fritz Streib, as a result of the run-off primary held on August 22, 1936.

Appellant McBeth, and appellee Streib, were the runners-up, or two high candidates, in the general primary on July 25, 1936, as candidates for the stated nomination. They were rival candidates, and of course the only two…