Estopinal v. Michel
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Plaquemines; Nemours Henry Nunez, Judge. Separate actions by B. F. Bstopinal against Bernard Michel, Jr., Frank McLaughlin, Theodore Smith, Nick Trayanovicb, John T. Small, and Philip Wuertz, consolidated on appeal. Judgments for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Six separate suits against, as many defendants have been consolidated in this appeal, and have been submitted without brief. The object of the suits is to have the defendants stricken from the registration roll of the parish of Plaquemines for the alleged reason that they are not residents of that parish.
The defendants are bar .pilots; that1 is to say, they pilot vessels in and out to sea at the mouth or me Mississippi river. For discharging these functions they have to be appointed by the Governor of the state and licensed. Their post is at the head of the passes, and they are forbidden by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Succession of SteersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- State ex rel. Egan v. SteeleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
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