State ex rel. Texarkana, Shreveport & Natchez Railway Co. v. Smith

Statement op the' Case.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

This is a proceeding by mandamus to compel the respondent, in his capacity of president of the Board of Commissioners of the Caddo Levee District of Louisiana, to obey the resolution of said hoard, and to sign, as such president, a deed to the relator for the lands described in accordance with and embodying the terms and provisions of same.

The respondent resisted the allowance to relator of the relief sought, and filed an extended return,

Upon the issues thus joined, the judge a quo made the writ of mandamus peremptory;…