CASWELL v. HOFT

No. 45119.

119 So.2d 94 (1960)

239 La. 503

John J. CASWELL, Chairman of the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee, et al. v. Mrs. Ethel HOFT et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 24, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Barr, III, Alden W. Muller, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carroll Montet, in pro. per., George W. Reese, Jr., Hugues de la Vergne, II, Charles Schwartz, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.


FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff John J. Caswell, individually as a registered Democrat and in his official capacity as Chairman of the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee, joined by Peter W. Murtes, Salvador Anzelmo, and Rodney A. Buras, as Democratic nominees for the Louisiana House of Representatives—the former from the Thirteenth Ward and the latter from the Seventh—instituted these proceedings seeking to have declared "ineligible...

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