Legal Opinion
Mahaffey v. Gill
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 15, 1970No. 8008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FANNING, Justice.
This is an election contest of a primary election of the Democratic Party for the nomination to the office of Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Franklin County, Texas, brought by contestant-appellant Mahaffey against contestee-appellee Gill. The four voting boxes in the precinct gave Mahaffey 495 votes and Gill 473 votes, and the absentee voting box gave Gill 40 votes and Mahaffey 8 votes, and the total vote for Gill was 513 and the total vote for Mahaf-fey was 503. Gill was certified as the Democratic nominee and Mahaffey filed suit contesting certain named absentee votes…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Thomas v. GroeblTexas Supreme Court · 1948
- Stratton v. HallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Wooley v. SterrettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Day v. CrutchfieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Henderson v. WillmonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
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3Cited by4 opinions
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