Nunez v. Plaisance

PONDER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in a general election contest brought under Act 24 of 1894.

The plaintiff, Andrew Nunez, was the Democratic nominee for the office of Constable of Ward 5 of the Parish of St. Bernard and his was the only name printed on the official ballots for this office in the general election held April 16, 1940. At the general election there were 160 votes cast for Andrew Nunez and 186 votes cast for A. J. Plaisance, the defendant, by the electors writing in the name of A. J. Plaisance in the blank space on the ballots provided for such. The…