Zavaletta v. Parker

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an election contest case in which appellant, Gus Zavaletta, challenges the election of appellee, Frank Parker, to the Board of Trustees for the Brownsville Independent School District. The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees was also made a party to the original suit and is an appellee in this appeal. The school board’s only position with regard to this appeal is that the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss them as a party-defendant.

The election was held on April 5, 1980, and as soon as the votes had been canvassed, Appellee Parker…