Sigur v. Crenshaw
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court, Sixth District, Robertson, J. The respondent and appellant, W. M. OrensTum, was appointed Register of the Land Office at Baton Rouge on the 9th November, 1851, during the recess of the Senate, to fill the unexpired term of Loucks.
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Appeal from the District Court, Sixth District, Robertson, J. The respondent and appellant, W. M. OrensTum, was appointed Register of the Land Office at Baton Rouge on the 9th November, 1851, during the recess of the Senate, to fill the unexpired term of Loucks. This recess nomination was confirmed by the Senate on the 2d day of February, 1852. On the 14th of the same month and year, he was again nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, for the full term of two years. He furnished the required bond and took the oath of office on the 16th day of March, 1852. The relator, L. J.…
1Opinion of the Court
Slidell, C. J.,The Convention did not amend the Constitution of 1845', but framed a new Constitution. By the express terms of Art. 142, the Constitution of 1852 was to supersede the Constitution adopted in 1845. The natural consequence would seem to be that the Government which existed under, and by virtue of this old Constitution, would be simultaneously superseded. But, as time was necessary for the organization of a new Government under the new Constitution, and as great inconvenience would result from the interregnum which would otherwise occur between the displacement of the old…
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