State ex rel. Garland v. Dietlein

ON APPLICATION FOR A REHEARING.

MOUTON, J.

In the application, for a .rehearing relator says that the question as to what was the population of Opelousas at the time the vacancy occurred in the Office of Alderman at Large is one of fact to he determined by any species of legal evidence. Applicant then says that in our decision we did not undertake to say that the Federal census is not the exclusive method of ascertaining the population of a municipality or city. In referring to the McFarlain vs. Town of Jennings, 106 La. 541, 31 South. 62, we distinctly stated that the Federal census should not…