Gauthier v. Lapeyrouse
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Application by Alcide Lapeyrouse for writs of certiorari and prohibition to prohibit the district judge from proceeding further in the case between relator and Louis Charles Gau-thier.
1Opinion of the Court
BREAUX, C. X
Relator shows by his petition that he was duly qualified and commissioned as a member of the police jury of the parish of St. Martin, Third Ward. He avers that his right to that office is contested by Louis Charles Gauthier, who claims that he was elected on the 16th day of May, 1898.
To the petition of Gauthier in the district court relator interposed an exception on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction to try the case, as under'the law, it being a contested election- case, it should be tried by the court and jury.
The exception was overruled by the court.
Relator then…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Deal v. HodgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909