Saint v. Meraux

On Exception of No Cause of Action.

OYERTON, ,T.

Section 1 of article 9 of the Constitution provides that:

“All state and district officers, whether elected or appointed, shall he liable to impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors in .office, incompetency, corruption, favoritism, extortion, or oppression in office, or for gross misconduct, or habitual drunkenness.”

Section 5 of the same article, which has •reference to judges, inferior to the judges of this court, provides that the causes for impeachment, stated in section 1, shall also be causes for the removal of judges of the courts of…