Legal Opinion
Serpas v. Trebucq
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 7, 1941No. 17451PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a general election contest brought under the provisions of Act No. 24 of 1894.
The contestant, Thomas W. Serpas, who was the duly elected nominee of the Democratic Party for Police Juror of the Second Ward of the Parish of St. Bernard, and who is joined in this suit by fourteen other persons who allege themselves to be duly qualified voters in the said ward, charges that, in spite of the fact that he received 145 ballots, which constituted all of the legal votes cast in the general election which was held on April 16, 1940, the Commissioners of Election counted and tabulated 157…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hall v. GodchauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- Williamson v. Enterprise Brick Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Lacombe v. LabordeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Payne v. GentrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- Bartmess v. HendricksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- American Adjustment Co. v. BatisteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Hotel Donaldson Co. v. Anderson Hotels of Louisiana, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1954
- Torres v. SerpasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1945
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