McConnell v. Salmon

Plaintiff and defendant were opposing candidates for the office of clerk of the district court of Richland parish at a second or runoff primary election held on February 23d. According to the returns made by the election officers to the Democratic Executive Committee, plaintiff received 1,183 votes and the defendant 1,188, and the committee declared defendant nominated by a majority of 5 votes.

Plaintiff contested the election before the court alleging that he was nominated. He set up various grounds for this contest, among them being that there were mistakes made by the commissioners of…