State ex rel. Mexican International Improvement Co. v. Voorhies

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

The facts on which this application is based are as follows:

A certain suit entitled The State of Louisiana vs. The Mexican International Improvement Company et al., had been- hied in the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, and had been regularly allotted to Division “ E,” presided over by the respondent, Judge Voorhies. The defendants had appeared and filed exceptions and a rule to dissolve injunction, which had been fixed for trial on April 5th, 1889, on which *568day, the said judge ex proprio moiu recused himself on the ground of…