State v. Delery

Henry F. Bender and William Schurb, candidates in a second primary election for the office of alderman for the City of Gretna, filed two suits, alleging that, in the election on May 13, 1941, they received sufficient votes to have been elected as the Democratic nominees. Frank J. Delery and John P. Ray, two of the apparently successful candidates in the election and the Democratic Municipal Executive Committee of the City of Gretna were made defendants.

The trial court rendered judgment decreeing that Henry F. Bender, who received 1,689 votes, Eugene Gehring, who received 1,695 votes, and John…