STATE EX REL. COUSIN v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

No. 458.

138 So.2d 829 (1962)

STATE ex rel. Taylor COUSIN v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, through Its President Dr. W. J. REIN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1962.

Certiorari Granted May 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip C. Ciaccio and Ingard O. Johannesen, New Orleans, for respondent and appellant.

Sam Monk Zelden and Max Zelden, New Orleans, for relator and appellee.

Before McBRIDE, YARRUT, SAMUEL, JOHNSON and HALL, JJ.


McBRIDE, Judge.

This is a suit brought by Taylor Cousin, relator who was born October 18, 1906, in St. Tammany Parish, for a mandamus against Louisiana State Board of Health (1) to compel respondent to issue to him a delayed birth certificate showing him to be a member of the white race, and (2) to compel respondent to correct the certificate of Beatrice Cousin, relator's sister, No. 830, showing her birth on September 18, 1911, to evidence the fact that she is a...

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