MERRITT v. HATHORN

No. 20765-CA.

537 So.2d 340 (1988)

Alice M. MERRITT, et. al., Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Thomas L. HATHORN, et. al., Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied December 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Jerald R. Harper, Shreveport, for Velda Lowry plaintiff/appellant.

Keene and Goorley by Richard Goorley, Shreveport, for Mayor Noel E. Byars plaintiff/appellant.

Campbell, Campbell & Johnson by James M. Johnson, Stephen R. Burke, Minden, for Thomas L. Hathorn defendant/appellee.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES and LINDSAY, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiffs' suit asking that the certification of a recall petition be set aside and that the recall election be cancelled. Plaintiffs argue the trial judge erred in the following respects:

1) The trial court erred, as a matter of law, by applying a rule of liberal construction to the provisions of La.R.S. 18:1300.1 et seq. 2) The trial court erred, as a matter of law, by...

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