Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Swords v. Estorge

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 25, 1903No. 14,855PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Application by the state, on the relation of M. L. Swords, sheriff and tax collector, and another, for writs of mandamus and certiorari to Henry E. Estorge, clerk of the Sixteenth Judicial District court, of St. Landry.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

NICHOLLS, C. J.

Upon the petition and relation of the sheriff, ex officio tax collector, Marion L. Swords, for the parish of St. Landry, and William J. Sandoz, the attorney appointed by the Governor to aid and assist the tax collector in the collection of licenses, Henry E. Estorge, clerk of the Sixteenth Judicial District court, for the parish, of St. Landry, was ruled to show cause why he should not make, perfect, and deliver to relators a transcript of the record in the cause entitled, “M. L. Swords, Sheriff and Ex Officio Tax Collector, v. John O. Le Blanc,” of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Succession of TouzanneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
  2. State ex rel. Comeau v. Clerk of the Eleventh Judicial District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Louque v. Hercules Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
  2. State v. Southern States Alcohol Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914

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