State Ex Rel. Hourguettes v. City of Gretna

LAND, Justice.

Relator applied for a writ of mandamus against E. J. Strehle, Mayor of the City of Gretna, to compel the Mayor to issue to him a permit to operate a dance hall in the City of Gretna, alleging that he had illegally refused a permit, and relator also asked for an injunction against the Mayor of the City of Gretna, the Marshal of the City of Gretna, and the Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, averring that defendants, in their official capacities, had wrongfully prevented relator from operating a dance hall in the City of Gretna.

An alternative writ of mandamus was issued, as well as a…