State ex rel. Hodges v. Joyce
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia ; John S. Boatner, Judge. Proceeding by rule by the State, on the relation of A. J. Hodges, against John J. Joyce, Registrar of Voters, and another. Judgment for defendants, and relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a proceeding by rule to have erased from the registration roll of the Ferriday precinct the name of the defendant John J. Cannon, on the ground of the want of proper qualification as to residence.
There was judgment for the defendant, and the relator has appealed. John J. Cannon is a young man who attained his majority on February 20,1911. He has been living in Ferriday several years, but on December 20, 1911, he went to Mississippi to work under a section foreman, who was supervising the repair of railroad tracks. Defendant’s abode in Mississippi has been a box car, stationary only…
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