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GUSTE EX REL. COURVILLE v. BURRIS

No. 82-C-1805.

427 So.2d 1178 (1983)

William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana ex rel. Pearl Johnson COURVILLE, et al. v. Joseph BURRIS, Legislative Auditor.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy D. Teague, Asst. Atty. Gen., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., David E. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Robert E. Harroun, III, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Officer Julius T. Courville was shot and killed on August 26, 1978 while on routine patrol with the Henderson Police Department. He had been in the employ of the rural St. Mary Parish town for only two days prior to the fatal incident. The Attorney General for the State of Louisiana filed suit for a declaratory judgment on behalf of the officer's surviving spouse and dependent child, seeking law enforcement officer survivors' benefits pursuant to...

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