State Ex Rel. Riddle v. Jeansonne

HIGGINS, Justice.

The district attorney pro tempore, appointed by our learned brother below in the place of the district attorney who voluntarily recused himself instituted a removal suit on the petition of sixty-seven residents and taxpayers against the sheriff and ex-officio tax collector of the Parish of Avoyelles for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, incompetency, corruption, favortism, extortion, oppression and gross, misconduct. Later, he filed a motion of recusation against the district judge on the following grounds:(1)That the judge was present and encouraged the sheriff and his…