STAVIS v. ENGLER

No. 2922.

202 So.2d 672 (1967)

William E. STAVIS v. Henry J. ENGLER, Jr., Chairman of and Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee, Poseph A. Casey, and Joseph E. Songy, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Formal Opinion September 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Barr, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Caryl H. Vesy, Joseph DiRosa and Oliver S. Delery, New Orleans, for Henry J. Engler, Jr., Chairman of and Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee, defendants-appellees.

Beuker F. Amann, New Orleans, for Joseph E. Songy, Jr., defendant-appellee, and Joseph S. Casey, intervenor.

Before YARRUT, SAMUEL and BARNETTE, JJ.


BARNETTE, Judge.

For reasons to be given in a formal opinion to be filed herein, the judgment of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans of August 31, 1967, dismissing the petition for mandamus at petitioner's cost is reversed.

It is now ordered, adjudged and decreed that the protest to the candidacy of petitioner William E. Stavis in the Democratic Party Primary election to be held on November 4, 1967, for nomination for the office of member of...

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