STATE EX REL. BROUSSARD v. GAUTHE

No. 3933.

265 So.2d 828 (1972)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Paul BROUSSARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold GAUTHE, Lafayette Parish School Board-Intervenor, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 1972.

Writ Refused October 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Domengeaux & Wright, by Bob F. Wright, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bertrand DeBlanc, Dist. Atty., Lafayette, defendant appellee-appellant.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is an action to try right to office brought under LSA-R.S. 42:76, et seq., commonly called the "Intrusion into Office Statute." The plaintiff, Paul Broussard, contends he is rightfully entitled to the office of Superintendent of Schools in Lafayette Parish, and that the defendant, Harold Gauthe, unlawfully holds and is in possession of that office. After exceptions of no cause of action and nonjoinder of an indispensable party (Lafayette Parish...

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