STATE EX REL. BUSSIE v. FANT

No. 39282.

43 So.2d 217 (1949)

216 La. 58

STATE ex rel. BUSSIE et al. v. FANT et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Love & Bailey, James T. Adams, Shreveport, for plaintiffs and appellants.

J. N. Marcantel, James W. Hammett, Shreveport, for defendants and appellees.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Relators in this suit seek a writ of mandamus to compel the mayor and the city council of the City of Shreveport to adopt or to submit to the electorate an ordinance raising the salaries of the members of the police and fire departments of the City of Shreveport. The trial court sustained an exception of no cause or right of action filed by the respondent mayor and council, and dismissed relators' suit. From this judgment they have appealed.

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