Fuller v. Police Jury of Grant Parish

TATE, Judge.

This is a mandamus suit to compel the ordering of a local option election to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages within Ward Six of Grant Parish. The defendant police jury refused to order the election on the ground that, allegedly, the petition presented to it by a number of the qualified electors of the Ward did not comply with the statutory requirements and was not properly verified by the Registrar of Voters. The trial court sustained this contention and dismissed the suit. The plaintiff, who is a signer of the petition and a resident of Ward Six, therefore appeals to this…