State ex rel. Centani v. Marrero

Citations

• 13 Tiess. 185

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>Mandamus will not lie at the instance of a claimant for office to compel a district attorney to institute ouster proceedings under Act 158 of 1868 against an incumbent of office, where the claimant has an adequate and direct remedy by quo luarranto under G. P., 868.</p> <p>Syllabus.</p> <p>On Rehearing.</p> <p>A parish is á political corporation created for the purpose of administering a portion of the State and to which part of • the powers of government is delegated to that effect, and a police juror is an officer of that corporation.</p> <p>The writ quo warranto provided by the Code of Practice is the proper remedy to settle all disputes relating to officers In political corporations.</p> <p>The Intrusion into Office Act has not repealed the quo warranio provisions of the Codé of Practice in so far as they apply to officers in political corporations.</p> <p>Repeals by implication are not favored by law.</p>