Gamble v. O'Neill

On May 18, 1928, Harry P. Gamble, plaintiff herein, resigned the office of attorney for the clerk of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the collection of inheritance taxes, an office to which he had been appointed and the functions of which he had discharged for some years prior thereto. He mailed his resignation to Governor Simpson, whose term of office was about to expire, with a request that it be handed to his successor, Governor Long, in the event that the resignation was not acted upon during his incumbency of the gubernatorial office. On May 22, 1928, Governor Long…