State ex rel. Saizan v. Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
r\N APPLICATION for Writs of Certiorari and ' Prohibition and ^ Rules for Contempt. Statement oe Case. On the 6th of July, 1896, relators J. P. Saizan, Robert Lafleur, Olibe Manuel and E. H. McGee filed in the Supreme Court a petition alleging that on the 30th of June, 1896, they had been appointed and commissioned by the Governor of the State, with the advice and consent of the Senate, under the provisions of Act No. 94 of 1884, respectively police jurors for the first,…
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r\N APPLICATION for Writs of Certiorari and ' Prohibition and ^ Rules for Contempt. Statement oe Case. On the 6th of July, 1896, relators J. P. Saizan, Robert Lafleur, Olibe Manuel and E. H. McGee filed in the Supreme Court a petition alleging that on the 30th of June, 1896, they had been appointed and commissioned by the Governor of the State, with the advice and consent of the Senate, under the provisions of Act No. 94 of 1884, respectively police jurors for the first, fifth and eighth wards of the parish of St. Landry. That said appointments were made by the Governor on the representation…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
An argument has been filed in this court touching the legal effect of our restraining order — the object, we presume, being to show that the District Judge had reasonable ground upon which to have placed the construction he did'upon that order.
It is said that “ at the time the order issued relators were effectually enjoined by the decree of injunction. The restraining order of the Supreme Court was issued to sustain the status quo and to restrain the District Court from further cognizance of the case except to maintain the status quo. In…
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