Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Burns v. Fornea
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 30, 1955No. 4073PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
Alcus Louis Fornea is the duly elected member of the Police Jury from the Fifth Ward of Washington Parish, Louisiana; He was elected in 1948 and again in 1952. This suit was filed by the State of Louisiana through Jas. T. Burns, District Attorney for the 22nd Judicial District in and for the Parish of Washington, Louisiana, under Article 9, § 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana, LSA and LSA-R;S. 14:140, known as the “Public Fraud Act.”
At the request of the defendant police juror, trial was had by jury which resulted in a verdict for the defendant, after which no motion for new…
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