State ex rel. Baumann v. Langridge

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

The court having decided to decline granting the relief prayed for in this proceeding, upon grounds not involving the merits of the application, it is not deemed necessary to make any extended statement of the pleadings or facts of the case.

It suffices to say, for the purpose of explanation, that the relator, James O. Baumann, was arrested by the defendant sheriff under authority of a warrant of arrest issued by Victor Estopinal, one of the justices of the peace of the parish of Jefferson, based on an affidavit charging him with having…