State ex rel. Stewart v. Reid
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; John Bachman Lee, Judge. Action by the state, on the relation of Morris R. Stewart, acting district attorney,. against David J. Reid. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion
On the Merits.
The petition alleges that the defendant is .an intruder into and usurper of the office of -sheriff of the parish of Calcasieu, and that he unlawfully holds said office, because he was not legally elected to said office, he having been at the time of his election ineligible to said office by reason of the fact that during a previous term in the same office he had collected licenses and taxes for the state and parish and had failed to obtain a discharge for the amount of such collections, and was a defaulter to the amount of $12,-164.28.
The petition goes on to allege as follows:
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Howell v. EcheveriaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881