State v. Bermudez
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. ON AN APPLICATION POE A MANDAMUS. This is an application for a mandamus, to be directed to the judge of probates for the parish and city of New-Orleans, commanding him to grant a certain order, and perform certain duties set forth in the following affidavit of the attorney of the widow Fortier, the applicant: ' “ Madame Annette Lallande, widow of Adelard Fortier, deceased, now residing in the parish of New-Orleans, shows, that the late Adelard Fortier died in…
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Eastern Dist. ON AN APPLICATION POE A MANDAMUS. This is an application for a mandamus, to be directed to the judge of probates for the parish and city of New-Orleans, commanding him to grant a certain order, and perform certain duties set forth in the following affidavit of the attorney of the widow Fortier, the applicant: ' “ Madame Annette Lallande, widow of Adelard Fortier, deceased, now residing in the parish of New-Orleans, shows, that the late Adelard Fortier died in the parish of Jefferson, in June, 1833, and his succession opened in the court of probates for that parish ; that she was…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
We have given to the question presented by this application, no ordinary share of attention and consideration. It is one which concerns the constitutional limits of our jurisdiction, and involves the inquiry, how far we are bound to exercise *482those powers expressly given to us by the Code of Practice, of issuing certain writs, addressed to inferior courts “ for the purpose of insuring a better administration of justice,” and particularly the writ of mandamus, as provided by article 838, of the Code of Practice, “where the judges of inferior courts are guilty of a denial of justice, or…
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