WILLIS v. FLOURNOY

No. 44249.

109 So.2d 490 (1959)

236 La. 983

Mrs. Mary Frost WILLIS et al. v. J. Howell FLOURNOY, Sheriff and Ex-Officio Inheritance Tax Collector.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion February 18, 1959.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bennett Johnston, J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Wilkinson, Lewis, Wilkinson & Madison, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellees.


SIMON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the First Judicial District Court for the Parish of Caddo, and is the same case previously presented to us on an application for a writ of mandamus,1 wherein the order of the District Court indefinitely staying all proceedings in the matter was set aside, the case remanded, and the district judge was ordered to hear and determine the issues presented therein. Following a hearing thereon, the District...

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