(Download) "Trujillo V. Trujillo" by New Mexico Supreme Court ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Trujillo V. Trujillo
- Author : New Mexico Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 07, 1948
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
The appellant, who was contestee below, and the appellee, the contestant, were rival candidates for the office of County Clerk of Rio Arriba County at the general election held on November 5, 1946. They will be here referred to as contestant and contestee, respectively. The contestee, as the candidate on the democratic ticket for County Clerk was certified to have received a majority of sixteen votes and received the certificate of election at the hands of the County Canvassing Board. In due season he was contested for the office by Mrs. Cruz Trujillo, candidate for the same office on the republican ticket. Judgment went for the contestant below and this appeal followed. Since the case was decided on the pleadings, no evidence having been taken, the form of the notice of contest filed and of the answer in certain particulars becomes important. The notice of contest reads: