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Roger Dale McGEE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS et al., Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 5505.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    April 7, 1976.
    On Application for Rehearing April 20, 1976.
    Tate & Tate, by Donald J. Tate, Mamou, for defendant-appellant.
    John C. Fontenot, Ville Platte, for plaintiff-appellee.
    I. Stephen George, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.
    Before HOOD, CULPEPPER, DO-MENGEAUX, WATSON and GUIDRY, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

This is an election contest instituted under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 18:420. That statute provides that when an appeal is taken in such a case the appellate court will decide the issue within 24 hours after submission. LSA-R.S. 18:420E.

After considering the facts, the law and the arguments of counsel, we have concluded that there is rio error in the judgment rendered by the trial court.

In view of the provisions of LSA-R.S. 18:420E, we have decided to render judgment at this time affirming the judgment appealed from. Reasons for that judgment will be assigned at a later date.

The judgment appealed from is affirmed. The costs of this appeal are assessed to defendant, Conrad Fuselier.

HOOD, Judge.

For the reasons which we are assigning today in Roger Dale McGee v. Conrad Fuselier et al., 330 So.2d 383 (No. 5506 on our docket), we hereby confirm the judgment which we rendered in the instant suit on April 7, 1976. The judgment appealed from is affirmed. The costs of this appeal are assessed to appellant, Conrad Fuselier.

AFFIRMED.

DOMENGEAUX, J., concurs m the decree.

WATSON, J., concurs in the result.