Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Billon v. Bourgeois

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 1, 1895No. 11,443PublishedCited by 7 opinions

APPEAL from the Twentieth District Court, Parish of St. James. Guión, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

This appeal is from the judgment of the lower court in favor of defendant in a suit brought under Art. 201 of the Consti•’tution to remove him from the office of sheriff of the parish of St. James.

There were originally eleven specifications of misconduct in office charged against defendant. The fourth has been disposed of by the previous judgment of this court. The ninth, tenth and eleventh have been discontinued. So that on this appeal the controversy has been reduced to the first, second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bonnabel v. BoulignySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Stanley v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  2. State ex rel. Barker v. MeekSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  3. Hyatt v. LindnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  4. State ex rel. Burns v. ForneaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
  5. State ex rel. Pharis v. KelleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960

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