Legal Opinion

State v. Dunson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 2, 1915No. 21504PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from First Judicial-District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. C. E. Dunson was charged with illegally practicing law, and from a judgment sustaining a motion to quash, the State appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.

The present appeal is by the state. The judgment is affirmed for the reasons given by the learned trial judge, as follows:

“Defendant, a justice of the peace of ward 2, Caddo parish. La., was indicted for practicing as attorney in a certain case before another justice of the peace of ward 2, Chddo parish, La.

“He files a motion to quash, the same containing about everything contained in the Constitution. Before going -into the grounds for the motion, it might be better to briefly state the law covering the subject-matter.

[I] “We first have R. S. § 116, of 1870, provid*133ihg that no judge can…

2Cases cited2 opinions

State v. HagemanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
State ex rel. Young v. CapdevielleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914

3Cited by15 opinions

State Ex Rel. Saint v. DowlingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
In Re JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
State Ex Rel. Garland v. GuillorySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
In Re MerauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
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