Dumestre v. Vincent

This is a suit brought under the provisions of section 1419 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by Act No. 24 of 1894, to contest the election of a police juror for the eighth ward of the parish of Jefferson at the general election held on April 19, 1932.

The defendant filed an exception of no right or cause of action, which was sustained by the district judge, and plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiffs’ petition reads as follows:

“The petition of Alexis C. Dumestre and of the more than ten other petitioners whose signatures are hereto attached by them all of whom are residents and duly qualified…