Holstein v. Guss
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Catahoula; George Wear, Jr., Judge ad hoe. Suit by Willis C. Holstein against John A. Guss, and mandamus by the State, on the relation of Willis C. Holstein, against John A. Guss, and suit for injunction by John A. Guss against the Police Jury of Catahoula P'arish. Cases consolidated, and from the single judgment rendered, Holstein, Guss, and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
The parties in interest in the above-entitled eases are Willis C. Holstein and John A. Guss, each of whom asserts that he was the de facto and de jure assessor of the parish of Catahoula for the year 1916, and is entitled to the compensation that may be due for the making of the parish assessment for that year; the police jury and the school board, by which bodies the compensation is to be paid, disclaim all interest, save that they may be protected in making the payment.
In the first of the suits, Holstein obtained preliminary injunctions prohibiting Guss…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State ex rel. Robinson v. McNeelySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1872
- State ex rel. Downes v. TowneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
- State ex rel. George v. TuckerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1871
- Woods v. Inhabitants of BristolSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1892