Saint v. Allen

This suit is brought by the Attorney General on behalf of the state, and by two taxpayers, complaining of an alleged unlawful expenditure of public funds. The main object of the suit is to prevent persons holding office in one of the departments of the state government from being employed to exercise powers or functions belonging to another of the three departments. Another object of the suit is to prevent the Louisiana highway commission and its members from employing attorneys at law for the commission without the approval of the Attorney General.

The plaintiffs alleged that there were…