State ex rel. De Bellevue v. Egan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Acadia. Suit by the State, on the relation of C. B. De Bellevue, District Attorney, against Wm. M. Egan. A judgment dismissing the petition was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, and relator applies for certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
[1] Article 201 of the Constitution of 1879 provided that it should be the duty of district attorneys to institute suit for the removal of public officers “on the written request and information of citizens and taxpayers,” whose number should be 25 in the case of a district, parish,'or municipal officer, and 10 in the case of a ward officer.
The Constitution of 1898 made a change by which, while it should still be the duty of the district attorney to institute such suits at the request of citizens, he might dispense with such request and institute suit of his own motion. Article 222.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Teutonia National Bank v. WagnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
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