State Ex Rel. Sutton v. Caldwell

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The relators in this case are fifty electors in the City of Shreveport. They are proceeding by mandamus to compel the mayor and councilmen to take action upon a proposed ordinance, either by adopting it or by submitting it to a vote of the electors of the city, at an election to be called for the purpose. The mayor and councilmen are appealing from a judgment making the mandamus peremptory.

The object of the proposed ordinance is to regulate and restrict the number of hours the firemen and fire-alarm operators in the city shall be required to be on active duty, and to…