State ex rel. Supervisors of Election v. Livaudais

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The relators complain of a judgment rendered (at the instance of one of the candidates for a judicial position) by the respondent judge, and pray that the writs of certiorari and prohibition they invoke be made absolute.

The judgment complained of made the writ of mandamus peremptory.

It is true that mere abstract political questions are not within the jurisdiction of the courts. That the litigant has not the power before the court of using or directing the force residing in the body. politic in order that he may stand in judgment.

Thus, in…