Branaum v. Patrick

OPINION

CANTU, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing judgment rendered in a suit brought under Chapter 14 of the Texas Election Code. Tex.Elec.Code Ann. art. 14.04 (Vernon Supp.1981).

Appellant, a candidate in the Republican primary of 1980, brought suit against appel-lee, also a candidate in the same primary, to recover civil penalties for alleged violations of the Election Code.

Appellant, in his first amended original petition, alleged that appellee violated article 14.02(1) 1 by making and accepting a campaign contribution by loaning $400.00 to his campaign, and by making a campaign…