State ex rel. Stewart v. Reid
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Mandamus by the state, on the relation of Morris R. Stewart, against David J. Reid. Judgment for defendant, and relator appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
It appears from the record that 31 citizens of the parish of Calcasieu presented to Joseph Moore, the district attorney, a petition alleging that David J. Reid, “who claims to have been elected and commissioned as sheriff, * * * is ineligible,” for certain reasons set forth in the petition, to the office, and praying said Moore to institute suit to have such ineligibility declared; that Moore then petitioned the district court, alleging that, for the purposes of certain criminal and civil proceedings brought against said Reid with respect to the matters which…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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