State Ex Rel. Payne v. Irion

Relator alleges that he is the commissioner of conservation of the state otf Louisiana, duly commissioned and qualified, and prays for judgment decreeing respondent to be an usurper.and intruder in said office, and declaring relator to be the lawful and rightful commissioner of fconservation of this state, and placing him in full and complete possession of the office in dispute.

The present suit is instituted in the name of the state of Louisiana, on the relation of Frank T. Payne, under sections 2593 et seq. of the Revised Statutes of 1870 of this state.

Respondent excepted to relator’s…