State ex rel. Sternberg v. Lagarde

The petitioner, alleging himself to he tlie de jure and defacto sheriff of tho parish of Lafourche, applied to tlie judge of the Third Judicial District for a 'mandamus to compel his predecessor in office to deliver to him the “room, keys, papers, records, hooks, documents and other things appertaining to tlie office of sheriff.”

A peremptory mandate was issued, ordering the party to do what was demanded of him.

Prom this order the defendant has appealed. Even if tlie defendant had such an interest in the matter in contestation, to wit: the possession of the “room, keys, papers,” etc.,…