State ex rel. Attorney General v. Wharton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Superior District Court, parish of Orleans. Lynch, judge of the Fourth District Court, acting in place of JLawlcins, recused.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Howell, J.
The petition of tlie State on the relation, etc. in this case, represents that H. C. Warmoth, F. J. Iierr.on, John Lynch, James Longstreet and Jacob Hawkins, constitute the legal board of returning officers and are duly qualified as such, for making the returns of the elections held in this State on the fourth November, 1872, and that Jack Wharton, F. H. Hatch and Durant Da Ponte, are pretending to be such officers and are attempting to act as such, and are interfering with the above named parties in the discharge of their official duties.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bucknam v. RugglesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
- Hobson v. Heirs of McArthurSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Hall v. LutherNew York Supreme Court · 1835
- Rowley v. RowleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
- Nerault v. DoddSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1832
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