LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL v. BOWEN

No. 94-584.

649 So.2d 611 (1994)

CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF LAFAYETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth F. BOWEN, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied January 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Briney, Lafayette, for City Council of Lafayette.

Vance Robert Andrus, Lafayette, for Kenneth F. Bowen.

Before GUIDRY, C.J., and KNOLL and WOODARD, JJ.


GUIDRY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and a writ of mandamus. The sole issue on appeal is whether the plaintiff-appellant, the City Council of the City of Lafayette (City Council), has the procedural capacity to institute and maintain this suit against Kenneth F. Bowen (Bowen), the Mayor of Lafayette.1 The trial court determined that the City Council is not a juridical person or entity...

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