Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Treadaway v. Louisiana State Board of Health
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 15, 1951No. 19723PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JANVIER, Judge.
On February 12th, 1946, Grant T. Treadaway, as relator, brought this suit against the Louisiana State Board of Health, praying for the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel the said Board to change one of its records, that made on November 12th, 1930, showing the registration of the death of the relator’s mother, Anna Treadaway, in which the race of his mother is entered as colored.
Relator seeks to have the record changed so as to show the race of his mother as white.
The Board of Health filed answer denying that relator’s mother was a member of the white race. Thereafter the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sunseri v. CassagneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Sunseri v. CassagneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- State ex rel. Treadaway v. Louisiana State Board of HealthSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
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