Legal Opinion
Dubuisson v. Board of Sup'rs of Election
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 10, 1909No. 17,581PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Action by E. B. Dubuisson and others against the Board of Supervisors of Election of the Parish of St. Landry and others. On an order declining to dissolve an injunction, A. E. Soileau and others applied for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The plaintiffs in the above-entitled suit, as residents and taxpayers of the parish of St. Landry, enjoined the holding of an election under Act No. 53, p. 53, of 1908, entitled “An act to create the parish of Evangeline,” etc., on the ground that the portion of said statute, reading;
“If a majority of the votes cast at said election be iu favor of the parish of Evangeline, the Governor shall issue his proclamation declaring that the said parish has been created”
—contravenes and violates article 278 of' the Constitution of 1898, which provides as follows :
“All laws changing parish lines, or…
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