State v. Peter
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Application by E. H. Peter for a writ of prohibition to a judge of the Criminal Dis-;rict Court to prohibit him from assuming jurisdiction as Judge, of tlie Juvenile Court for the Parish of Orleans in the case entitled State of Louisiana v. P. H. Peter, of that court.
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.
Relator was convicted in the juvenile court for neglecting to support his wife and was ordered to pay her alimony. Thereafter, the judge of the juvenile court having died, relator was ordered by a judge of the criminal district court, presiding as judge of the juvenile court, to show cause why the alimony should not be increased. Relator pleaded to the jurisdiction of the judge to preside as judge of the juvenile court, and, his plea having been overruled, he prays for a writ of prohibition.
The only question submitted is whether a judge of the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. SadlerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Guilbeau v. CormierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
- State v. CourcierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- In re PerezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920