Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Poche v. Police Jury of St. James Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 16, 1959No. 43633PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
Relators (twenty in number), who are the duly elected and qualified constables and justices of the peace for the several wards in the Parish of St. James, seek in this mandamus proceeding to compel the police jury of the named parish to pay to each of them $5 per month from August 1, 19S6. This sum represents the difference between a monthly salary of $15 heretofore paid and one of $20 which relators claim under the provisions of Act 369 of 1956 (L.R.S. 33: 1702) — a statute reciting that “The police jury in all parishes having a population of over ten thousand shall pay the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- James v. St. Charles Hotel Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- River & Rails Terminals, Inc. v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Saloy v. CollinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1878
- Mitchell v. Shreveport Creosoting Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Hauch v. E. C. Drew Inv. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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