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VICARS v. STOKELY

No. 13126.

296 S.W.2d 599 (1956)

M. M. VICARS, Contestee, and Robert Runyon et al., Interveners, Appellants, v. H. L. STOKELY, Contestant, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharpe, Cunningham & Garza, Alan F. Lippman, Brownsville, for appellants.

Cox, Wagner, Adams & Wilson, Jack Wiech, Brownsville, for appellee.

POPE, Justice.

This is an election contest. H. L. Stokely, incumbent, and M. M. Vicars were opposing candidates for the office of Mayor of the City of Brownsville. The election was held on November 1, 1955, and the official canvass of the returns showed that Vicars received 2355 votes, Stokely received 2338, and other persons received six votes. Vicars was declared winner with a majority of eleven votes. Stokely filed this contest, and after a thorough hearing, which...

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