State v. Village of Morse

This is a mandamus proceeding instituted on the relation of Joseph Edvar Meaux in which he seeks to have the village of Morse in the Parish of Acadia fix his salary as marshal of said village at the former sum at which he had been paid or to make it not less than $30 per month, or else show cause to the contrary.

There was a lengthy petition filed by him in which he sets out the various acts done by the Board of Aldermen of the village, all of which he avers were through hatred and malice or for political expediency, and also in an attempt to force him to resign his position as marshal. The…