Legal Opinion
Tiller v. Martinez
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided June 23, 1998No. 04-98-00121-CVPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STONE, Justice.
Factual and PROCEDURAL Background
On May 3, 1997, the Alice Independent School Board conducted an election for three places on its Board of Trustees. After final canvass conducted on May 13, 1997, Travis Tiller was declared the winner of Place 3. Tiller secured the seat by 15 votes, with 1,897 votes in his favor and 1,882 votes in favor of his opponent, Guadalupe Martinez.
On June 11, 1997, Martinez filed an original petition contesting the election results in the Martinez-Tiller race, but erroneously referred to it as the Place 2 race rather than the Place 3 race. Tiller…
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