Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Jones v. Doucet
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 17, 1943No. 36844PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
D. J. Doucet, former sheriff of St. Landry Parish, and his surety, the Great American Indemnity Company, are impleaded as defendants in this action which has for its purpose the recovering of $25,473.30, being money that said former official allegedly misused and otherwise misappropriated from the Sheriff’s Salary Fund during his tenure of office from May 29, 1936, to May 20, 1940.
The suit was instituted in the name of the State of- Louisiana, on the relation of its Governor, through the Attorney General and through the Louisiana Crime Commission, for the use and benefit of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Stewart v. StanleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- State v. Tensas Delta Land Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- State Ex Rel. Porterie v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Ellett v. NewlandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- State v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
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