State ex rel. Gravolet v. Lobrano
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Plaquemines; R. Em-met Hingle, Judge. Suit by the State, on the relation of Joseph D. Gravolet, against Prank J. Lobrano, Registrar of Voters, and others, to compel the Registrar to strike out amaine from the registration roll. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. On defendants’ motion to dismiss appeal for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This suit is by a citizen to compel the registrar of voters to strike out the name of John Dymond, Jr., from the registration roll of the parish of Plaque-mines for the alleged reason that he was not an actual bona fide resident of said parish when he registered. The plaintiff is appellant; and the defendant moves that the appeal be dismissed for the reason that this court has not jurisdiction of the case.
Jurisdiction is claimed for this court under the following article of the Constitution: ■
“Art. 201. Any person possessing the qualifications prescribed by sections 3 or 4 of article 197 of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Aubert v. BurnsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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