SCOGGINS v. JONES

No. 16229-CA.

442 So.2d 1203 (1984)

William H. "Billy" SCOGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cecil JONES; James H. Brown, Secretary of State; Jerry Fowler, Commissioner of Elections et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamilton & Carroll by Donald K. Carroll, Oak Grove, for plaintiff-appellant.

James D. Sparks, Jr., Monroe, Charles L. Little, III, Oak Grove, for defendants-appellees.

Before PRICE, HALL, MARVIN, FRED W. JONES and SEXTON, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

In this appeal from a district court judgment involving an election contest, plaintiff [who lost a police jury seat by 24 votes out of 790 votes cast] contends the trial judge erred in rejecting his demand to nullify the election after it was shown that 25 illegal votes were cast.

For the reasons hereinafter explained, we affirm.

According to the evidence presented at the trial, police jury districts in West Carroll Parish...

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