STATE EX REL. SYLVESTER v. PITRE

No. 2237.

209 So.2d 764 (1968)

STATE ex rel. Oscar SYLVESTER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Elin PITRE, Sheriff of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston N. Aucoin, Ville Platte, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Fusilier, Pucheu & Soileau, by J. Wendel Fusilier, Ville Platte, for defendant-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and LEAR, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

This is a mandamus suit instituted by six citizens and taxpayers of Evangeline Parish against Elin Pitre, Sheriff of that parish, seeking to compel the defendant to file certain annual reports required by LSA-R.S. 42:283. After this suit was instituted defendant submitted the reports which were demanded, and he then filed a motion to dismiss the suit on the ground that the action was now moot. The trial judge...

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