Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Duffy v. Goff

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 20, 1913No. 20,033PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Quo warranto by the State, on the relation of John M. Duffy, against Thomas P. Goff and others. Writs of injunction were refused, but a writ of quo warranto was issued and recalled after trial, and relator appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.

MONROE, J.

Relator prosecutes this appeal from a judgment denying his application for a writ of injunction to restrain Thomas P. Goff and the commission council of the city of New Orleans from interfering with him in the discharge of the functions of the office of recorder in that city, and recalling the alternative writ of quo warranto whereby said Goff was directed to show the authority under which he exercises those functions. The judgment was- signed on May 9th; the appeal was granted, on motion, on May 14th, though the bond was not filed until May 15th; the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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  4. Straub v. HealySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
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