State ex rel. Murray v. Voorhies

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

The relator, alleging himself to be the plaintiff in a suit pending in the Nineteeth Judicial District Court for the parish of Iberia, applies for the writ of mandamus to compel compliance by the judge of that court with the requirement the relator conceives is imposed by the 117th Article of the Constitution of the State, that District Courts shall hold continuous sessions during ten months of the year; and in districts embracing more than one parish, the judge shall sit in each parish alternately as public business may require.

The petition…