State ex rel. Roussel v. Grace

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This is a mandamus proceeding in which the relator seeks to compel Lucille May Grace, Register of the State Land Office, to cancel and erase a cancellation of a certain tax adjudication, and to compel her to instruct and authorize the clerk of court for the Parish of St. Charles to cancel the certificate of cancellation upon the records of his office. His suit was'dismissed on exceptions to the jurisdiction ratione materiae of the lower court and of no cause and no right of action, and he has appealed to this court.

In his petition relator alleges that he is the owner of…