State v. Hickey

Plaintiff, Warren A. Doll, prays for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, William P. Hickey, the Recorder of Mortgages for the Parish of Orleans, to cancel and erase from the records of the Mortgage Office certain franchise tax inscriptions, to-wit: one judgment and two liens.

The defendant filed an exception of non-joinder of parties defendant and, in the alternative, he further excepted that the petition disclosed no cause of action, and answered generally denying the allegations of plaintiff's petition.

From a judgment in favor of defendant maintaining the exception of non-joinder and…