PAUL v. ROBICHEAUX

No. 12161.

370 So.2d 588 (1978)

Jessie PAUL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John L. ROBICHEAUX, the Board of Supervisors of Elections of St. Mary Parish, the Honorable Benny A. Blakeman, Chairman, and the Honorable Paul J. Hardy, Jr., Secretary of State, State of Louisiana, Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Supple, Franklin, counsel for plaintiff and appellant, Jessie Paul.

Sostenes Ruiz, III, Morgan City, Charles C. Culotta, Jr., Patterson, counsel for defendant and appellee John L. Robicheaux.

Before ELLIS, BLANCHE, COVINGTON, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The election for the office of Chief of Police for the Town of Patterson, Louisiana, is contested by the losing candidate on the following grounds. He has alleged that numerous persons casting votes were not qualified to vote because they lived outside the municipal limits of Patterson and that commissioners allowed persons to vote even though their registration cards showed that they did not reside within the corporate limits of Patterson. The case was...

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