State ex rel. Garland v. Dietlein

H. D. Lacarde, Sr., was elected Alderman at Large in a municipal election held in Opelousas, June 10, 1924. He died, June 19, 1924, before qualifying to exercise the duties of the office. July 8, 1924, Governor H. L. Fuqua appointed Dietlein, defendant, Alderman at Large, to fill the vacancy in that office caused by the death of Lacarde.

Relator, R. Lee Garland, District Attorney for the Parish of St. Landry, brings this suit under the intrusion in office aeC Revised Statutes of Louisiana, Sec. 2593^ to oust defendant from said office. Before answering to the merits defendant filed an…