Jerro v. Od'Neal

FORET, Judge.

This is an election case. The plaintiff, Walter Jerro, Sr., brought this suit under LSA-R.S. 18:492(3) objecting to the candidacy of the defendant, Ellison J. Od’Neal, Jr., for the office of Mayor for the Town of Colfax, Louisiana. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant was not a qualified elector of the municipality at the time defendant filed for candidacy as required by LSA-R.S. 33:384.

After a. trial on the merits, the trial court found that the defendant was not a qualified elector of the Town of Colfax and disqualified the defendant as a candidate in the primary election…