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Trout v. Loe

325 S.W.2d 191, 1959 Tex. App. LEXIS 2483
Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided June 1, 1959·No. No. 6906·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

CHAPMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by Clyde Trout from a summary judgment granted by the District Court of Yoakum County for Paul Loe in an election contest filed by ap-pellee, Paul Loe, contesting the certification of election by the Commissioners Court of said county of appellant, Clyde Trout, as Commissioner of Precinct No. 4, Yoa-kum County.

In the Democratic Primary of 1958, ap-pellee, Paul Loe, prevailed over appellant, Clyde Trout, for County Commissioner. In the general election that year appellant, as a write-in candidate, according to the returns, received 69 votes and ap-pellee 58 votes for said office. In a pretrial hearing on the election contest the ballot boxes were opened and the votes re-tabulated. As a result of votes cast that were agreed by the parties to be illegal, the contest left the outcome dependent upon four ballots, Exhibits A, B, C, and D, respectively, as follows :

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