Case ID: la-ann_27/html/0305-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Wyly, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 5627.
    James Madison v. James Dyer.
    Xa this controversy for the office of coroner, under section 1419 of the Revised Statutes, the exception that the suit was not brought within ten days after the election must prevail.
    
      APPEAL from the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Terre-bonne. Beattie, J. Jury trial.
    
      Charles W, Du Boy, Goode & for plaintiff and appellee.' John Bay, for defendant and appellant.
   Wyly, J.

This is a controversy for the office of coroner, under section 1419 of the Revised Statutes. The exception that the suit was not-brought within ten days after the election must prevail. For the reasons stated in the following case of Belden v. Sherburne, the judgment herein in favor of plaintiff must be annulled and the suit dismissed.

It is therefore ordered that the judgment herein be annulled, and it is decreed that this suit be dismissed at plaintiff’s costs in both courts.