TARDAN v. DAVIS

No. 6465.

180 So.2d 729 (1965)

Jean TARDAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jimmie H. DAVIS, Governor, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amos L. Ponder, Jr., Cyril F. Dumaine, New Orleans, for appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Edward M. Carmouche, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Lake Charles, John L. Madden and John A. Bivins, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, for appellees.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, LANDRY, REID and BAILES, JJ.


BAILES, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Jean Tardan and twenty-five other named persons alleging themselves to be the legal heirs of the deceased Jules Lapene, bring this mandamus proceeding against the Honorable Jimmie H. Davis, (then) governor of the State of Louisiana, and the Honorable Ellen Bryan Moore, Registrar, State Land Office of the State of Louisiana, to force the defendants to issue to them a patent to certain described lands alleged to be situated in Sections...

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