State ex rel. Billon v. Bourgeois

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

This suit was instituted in the name of the State of Louisiana, by the district attorney of the parish of St. James, on the relation of certain resident citizens and tax-payers of said parish, under the provisions of Art. 201 of the Constitution and Act No. 135 of 1880, to remove the defendant from his office as sheriff of the parish of St. James, to which he was elected in April, 1892, and was duly qualified the following July. The grounds for his removal are set forth in eleven specifications in the plaintiff’s petition, charging certain…