Smith v. Johnson

WALTZER, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On 13 May 1998, the trial court dismissed for failure to state a cause of action the petition1 for preliminary and permanent injunction filed by Dwayne Smith, Wilson Morton, et al against John D. Johnson, Dianne Dumas, et al, arising out of a dispute as to the identity of the board of directors of the Ninth Ward Housing Development Corporation (NWHDC). The trial court noted in its reasons for judgment that petitioners’ proper remedy was a writ of qua warranto or of mandamus. There is no indication that this judgment was appealed.

NWHDC and two of its…