ROUSSEL v. KELLER

No. 11241.

379 So.2d 81 (1980)

Richard ROUSSEL, Jr. v. Paul KELLER and Paul Hardy, Secretary of State, State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Refused February 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Brazan, Jr., Vacherie, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack N. Rogers, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas J. Kliebert, Gramercy, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN and GARRISON, JJ.


GARRISON, Judge.

This case arises out of the December 8, 1979, election for Parish President of St. James Parish. The tabulation showed Paul Keller to have been the apparent winner, with 4,446 votes, and Richard Roussel, Jr., to have been in second place, with 4,444 votes.

Roussel contested the election in a suit (No. 13,860) filed in the 23rd Judicial District Court, and followed this with a subsequent suit (No. 13,862). At a hearing held on December 17,...

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