State ex rel. Mouton v. Read

*1536The opinion of the court was delivered by

Milleb, J.

The relators allege that they were candidates respectively for the office of mayor and couneilmen of the city of Lafayette and were duly elected at the election of 5th May last; that their election is contested by William Campbell and other candidates for the same offices to which they claim to have been elected; that said contest is now pending before the District Court for the parish of Lafayette; the relators deny the jurisdiction of that court to determine the contest, and, their exceptionshaving been overruled, this application has been…