State ex rel. Woodruff v. Dortch
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from tlie Second District Court, Parish of Dossier. Boone, J. 1. Plaintiffs having a direct pecuniary interest in the result of the election held November 23,1888, relative to removal of parish seat of Bossier parish, have a right of action. O. P. Art. 35. 2. Article 11 of the Constitution of 1879 guarantees adequate remedy in the courts for all legal rights.
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APPEAL from tlie Second District Court, Parish of Dossier. Boone, J. 1. Plaintiffs having a direct pecuniary interest in the result of the election held November 23,1888, relative to removal of parish seat of Bossier parish, have a right of action. O. P. Art. 35. 2. Article 11 of the Constitution of 1879 guarantees adequate remedy in the courts for all legal rights. The right to vote and to have elections held according to law is too precious to he estimated in dollars and cents, and such right- entitles the citizen to a remedy in the courts of the State. 35 Ann. 637. 3. While none hut a…
1Opinion of the Court
Tlie opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
Under Section 5 of Act 33 of 1888 (which act lias been fully analyzed and interpreted in. onr opinion rendered at this term in the case of Mobley et al. vs. Police Jury) an election was held, on November 23, 1888, to determine whether the town of Haughton or the town of Benton should become the parish seat of Bossier parish. *848Section 6 of the act provided that the commissioners, to hold such election, should be appointed by the police jury, and should make their returns to said jury, and it was made the duty of the said jury to proclaim the…
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