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Ascension Parish D. E. Com. v. Board of Supervisors

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Nov 7, 1956
90 So. 2d 875 (La. 1956)

Opinion

No. 43246.

November 7, 1956.

Aubert D. Talbot, Dist. Atty., Napoleonville, for relator.

George R. Blum, Donaldsonville, for respondents.


Writs, accompanied by a stay order, were granted in this case, Article VII, sec. 2 La. Constitution of 1921-LSA, to review a judgment of the trial court restraining and prohibiting the Board of Supervisors of election, for the Parish of Ascension, from appointing, certifying, or commissioning any person as a commissioner, or clerk, or special officer, to serve in the general election to be held in Parish of Ascension, November 6, 1956, whose name does not appear on the list furnished to the Board by the Ascension Parish Democratic Executive Committee, and ordering the Board to certify to the Custodian of Voting Machines the names of three commissioners and one clerk for each polling precinct throughout the Parish of Ascension from such list.

The facts of this case are identical to those of the case of Plaquemines Parish Democratic Executive Committee v. Board of Supervisors of Election for Parish of Plaquemines, 231 La. 146, 90 So.2d 868, decree handed down October 30, 1956, opinion handed down November 5, 1956, and for the reasons set forth therein:

It is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the writs issued herein be made peremptory; that the judgment of the district court be annulled, reversed, and set aside; that the preliminary injunction issued herein by the lower court be recalled and set aside; and that plaintiff's suit be dismissed.

HAMITER, J., dissents.

McCALEB, J., dissents for the reasons given in Plaquemines Executive Committee v. Board of Supervisors, 231 La. 146, 90 So.2d 868.


The election having been held, the question presented by this case is now moot, and there is nothing for the court to decide.


Summaries of

Ascension Parish D. E. Com. v. Board of Supervisors

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Nov 7, 1956
90 So. 2d 875 (La. 1956)
Case details for

Ascension Parish D. E. Com. v. Board of Supervisors

Case Details

Full title:ASCENSION PARISH DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF…

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Nov 7, 1956

Citations

90 So. 2d 875 (La. 1956)
231 La. 164