State Ex Rel. Saint v. Dowling

O’NIELL,’C. J.

This'is a suit to oust Dr. Oscar Dowling from the office of president of the state board of health, and to declare Dr. Joseph A. O’Hara entitled to the office. The plaintiffs are the state of Louisiana, on the relation of the Attorney General, and Dr. O’Hara, who was appointed president of the state board of health and commissioned for the term of four years, under authority of the Act 126 of 1928, p. 156. Dr. Dowling was appointed under authority of section 2 of the Act 79 of 1921, p. 108, for the term of seven years, commencing on the 30th of August, 1925, and he pleads that…