STATE EX REL. WOOD v. LASSITER

No. 43433.

96 So.2d 493 (1957)

233 La. 214

The STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Harold R. WOOD, Jr., et al. v. Albin P. LASSITER, District Attorney.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey G. Fields, Farmerville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Albin P. Lassiter, District Attorney, Monroe, for defendant-appellee.


PONDER, Justice.

Plaintiffs seek mandamus against the District Attorney of the Fourth Judicial District directing him to file a usurpation suit against the Mayor of the City of Monroe, Louisiana. The district court sustained an exception of no cause or right of action filed by the District Attorney and the plaintiffs have appealed to this Court.

The basis for jurisdiction in this Court, as set out by plaintiffs, is the emoluments of the office of Mayor which...

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