EVANS v. WEST

No. 13601.

357 So.2d 916 (1978)

Shirtee EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Johnny Lee WEST, Betty Ann Gladney (Clerk of Court) and the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry G. Hobbs, Minden, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robinson & Smith by George H. Robinson, Homer, for defendant-appellee-Johnny Lee West.

Leon H. Whitten, Dist. Atty., Jonesboro, for defendants-appellees-Betty Ann Gladney (Clerk of Court) and The Bd. of Supervisors of Elections of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.

Before PRICE, HALL and JONES, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

This is an action brought under the Louisiana Election Code, LSA-R.S. 18:401, et seq.

On April 1, 1978, a primary election was held to elect selectmen for the Town of Homer. Under a 1975 order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana it was required that the selectmen be elected from five single-member districts established by the court order. Plaintiff, Shirtee Evans, the incumbent, and defendant, Johnny Lee West...

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