State Ex Rel. Cyr v. Long

I concur in the decree herein handed down, and I place my concurrence squarely on the proposition that neither this court, nor any other court, has jurisdiction to determine who is the Governor of the state of Louisiana. Courts take judicial cognizance of who is the Governor of the state and do not examine that question as a judicial one. This court has no more authority to inquire into the title of Huey P. Long, present incumbent, than would a court of the United States be authorized to inquire into the title of Herbert Hoover to the office of President of the United States.

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