BROUSSARD v. MILLER

No. 87-1224.

514 So.2d 765 (1987)

Alton BROUSSARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pat MILLER, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Certiorari Denied November 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jarvis Claiborne, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee.

Anna Simmons, Baton Rouge, and Burns & Godfrey, Benjamin Burns, Brace Godfrey, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Before FORET, DOUCET and CULPEPPER, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether votes cast for a candidate who died before the primary election are to be counted in arriving at the number of votes which constitutes a majority of the votes cast in the election. The trial court agreed with the plaintiff and held that the votes cast for the deceased candidate are to be counted. Therefore, the trial court granted a permanent injunction and ordered that a runoff election be held. We reverse...

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