EDWARDS v. MUNSTER

No. 5604.

269 So.2d 580 (1972)

Governor Edwin EDWARDS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, and The Board of Commissioners, Lake Borgne Basin Levee District v. Louis P. MUNSTER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Ferlita, Asst. Atty. Gen., for relator.

Leander H. Perez, Jr. and Gilbert V. Andry, III, New Orleans, for respondents.

Before SAMUEL, STOULIG and BOUTALL, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

This is a proceeding in mandamus seeking to order the defendant to turn over to the President of the Board of Commissioners, Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, certain books and records of the district which defendant had in his possession as secretary of the Board of Commissioners. Defendant filed exceptions claiming that the plaintiffs had no legal authority to proceed by way of mandamus to test his right to hold office and further claiming that the...

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