State ex rel. Le Blanc v. Twenty-First Judicial Dist. Democratic Committee
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of West Baton Rouge; Joseph Lindsay Golsan, Judge ad hoe. Mandamus, on the relation of Joseph E. Le Blanc, Jr., against the Twenty-First Judicial District Democratic Committee. Mandamus was made peremptory, and defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
At the primary election held by the Democratic party on September 1, 1008, for the nomination of candidates for the election of November 3, 1908, the relator was a candidate for the position of district judge of the Twenty-First judicial district. The district Democratic committee canvassed the returns and declared his opponent elected. Thereupon relator brought this suit, asking for a mandamus commanding the said committee to reconvene and recanvass the said returns, and commanding the chairman of said committee to submit to it the full and complete returns of said election. This mandamus…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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