Gautreaux v. City of Baker

ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment. Plaintiff Sidney J. Gautreaux, Jr., domiciled in the City of Baker, asks for judgment declaring the City Court of the City of Baker to be unconstitutionally and unlawfully created. Alternatively, he asks for judgment declaring that the provisions relative to limits of jurisdiction of the court and *223the qualifications of the judge are unconstitutional and unlawful. From an adverse judgment, plaintiff has appealed.

All of the facts of the case are stipulated. On May 16, 1970, the citizens of the City of Baker adopted a home rule charter,…