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CHARTER COM'N OF CITY OF ALEXANDRIA v. KARST

No. 3828.

258 So.2d 393 (1972)

The CHARTER COMMISSION OF the CITY OF ALEXANDRIA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. C. Edward KARST, Mayor of City of Alexandria, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1972.

Writ Granted April 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Methvin & Trimble by H. B. Gist, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Stafford, Pitts & Bolen by Grove Stafford, Sr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGE, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.

MILLER, Judge.

The Alexandria City Council refused to accept the Charter Commission's report and recommendation that an election be called to change the City's form of government. The trial court granted mandamus ordering the city to advertise and call a charter election. We reverse.

Alexandria is presently governed by a Mayor and two Commissioners. The Charter Commission was created by unanimous action of the City Council on November 3, 1969 pursuant to the...

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