Lusby v. Cozby

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is a contest of an election in the Town of Coppell, Texas, wherein four propositions authorizing the issuance of bonds were reported to have carried by margins of 19, 8, 22 and 12 votes, respectively. The appellants, Quentin Lusby and Dr. Charles Tilley, in their suit to contest the election alleged that twenty-two qualified voters, each of whom would have voted against all four propositions, thereby defeating them, were unlawfully denied the right to vote.

The trial court, sitting without a jury, denied the contest, and upon request filed findings of fact and conclusions…