State ex rel. Piper v. Batt

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

Relator, averring that ho lawfully holds the office of Chief Engineer in the corporation known as the “ Firemen’s Charitable Association of the Sixth District of New Orleans,” and that Joseph Batt claims said office, and asserts his right to perform the duties and functions thereof, invokes the writ of quo warranto, requiring said Batt to exhibt to the court the authority on which he bases his claim and pretensions.

Batt returns, as his warrant for claiming said office, an election, held in pursuance of the charter of the corporation, on…