New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-12
NO. q.
AN ACT
Secretary of State.

NO. 2.
To establish an additional district court for
the parish of Orleans; to define and limit
the jurisdiction, and to determine the
powers thereof; to provide for the trans
fer Of certain cases now depending before
certain other district courts for said par
ish to the court hereby created; to au-
thorize the Governor to appoint a judge
and a clerk for said court, and to provide
q court room for said court; to abolish the
Seventh and Eighth District Courts for
the parish of Orleans, and to provide for
the transfer Of the records and suits in
said Seventh and Eighth District Courts
to other courts in said parish.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State of
Louis ana in General Assembly convened,
That there shall be, and is hereby estab-
lished, an additional district court for the
parish Of Orleans, which shall be known and
designated as the Superior District Court
for the parish of Orleans
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Superior District Court hereby created
shall have exclusive jurisdiction in and for
the parish of Orleans, to issue wrrs of in
functions, mandamuses, quo warranto, and
10 entertain all proceedings, and to try all
cases or actions in which the right to any
UL1CGy EJCdtSS PARISH OF uuulClDdIy Is III any
way involved. The said Superior District
Court shall also have exclusive original
jurisdiction IN and for the parish of Orleans
over all cases or proceedings i'll which the
State Of Louisiana, the municipal corpora
ton of the city Of New Orleans, the Board
of Metropolitan Police, the Board of School
Directors for the city of New Orleans or
any corporation established by act OF the
General Assembly, and domiciled in the
Jsoricl, IF GrloonC SboIl he a DO
terestAd, where the amount in dispute shall
exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, and
said cOart shall have appellate jurisdiction
from the justices Of the peace in the parish
Of Orleans in all cases in which the State
the city Of New Orleans, the Board Of Me
tr0p0litan Police, the Board Of School Di-
rectOrs, or any such corporation afQre-
sad Sha5i be party or be. Interested,
and shall have power to issue writs
oI prohibition, injunction, mandamus
and oertiorari in aid Of such appel
late jurisdiction; provided, that nothing in
this act shall be construed to in any man
ner limit or affect the jurisdiction and
power Of the Supreme Court of the
State Of Louisiana to issue, hear and
determine any and all writ5 or orders
which by the constitution or by the
existing laws said court las authority
to issue, hear and determine; and pro
vided further, that this act shall not be
construed to prevent the Second District
Court for the parish of Orleans from exer-
ci5!ng all the powers granted by section
five Of act No. 2 of the special session Of
1870, approved March lG, 1870, or the Third
District Court fer the parish of Orleans
from exercising the powers granted IN sec
tIGn seven of said act; and provided still
further, that this act shall not be held to
deprive any judge or court OF the power to
issue IDluncuons TO stay the execution of
any order of seizure and sale, or any
writ Of execution or possession granted
by such judge OF court, and shall not
be held to deprive any such judge or
court Of the power to issue the writ of in
junction to stay the execution or enforce
ment OF any judgment rendered or order of
representation, attachment or provisional
seizure, made by such judge or court. The |
power reserved to the Second and Third |
District Courts to issue writs of mandamus |
and Injunction in aid of their special iuris- |
dictiOn, and the power reserved to each Of |
the district courts to issue writs of iniunc- |
ton to stay proceedings in said courts, as |
herein set forth, shall be exclusise of the |
Superior District Court herein created
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
in any case in which an Injunction shall |
Issue from the Superior District Court here |
by established, against any party or parties |
to any suit or proceeding, depending before |
any other district court tor said PAL ish, ex-
cept the Probate Court it shall be the duty
Of the Judge and clerk of such court in |
which such suit or proceedings is depending,
to immediately transfer the record Of
such suit or proceeding to the
said Superior District Court, which shall |
be vested with power to hear and de-
termine such cause as il the same had
been originally brought in said Superior
District Court. Immediately upon the
passage of this act it shall be the duty of
the judges of the Third Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth District Courts for the parish Of Or
eaEs to transfer to the Superior District
Court for the parish of Orleans all suits or
the jurisdiction over which is,
by this law, vested in said Superior District
Court. The said Third, Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth District Courts for the parish of Or
leans shall be and are hereby vested with
Jurisdiction over all such suits or proceed
ngs 50 to be transferred, and with the
same power to hear and determine
such suits and. proceedings so to be
transferred, as if the same had been origi-
lalIy brought in said Superior District
Court. Ali suits or proceedings depending |
4 the Seventh and Eighth District Courts
Tor the parish of Orleans, the jurisdiction
over which is by this law vested in the So
Derlor District Court for the parish Of Or
cans, whether determined or not, are
ACLSOt u du5ASELcALs- anu NEtIdEEu 10 De
pending IN said Superior District Court
rom and after the passage of this act The
aid Superior District Court is hereby de
Jared 10 be and is hereby vested with iuris-
LECTION over all such suits and proceedings
Is II they had been originally brought in SAID
superior District Court, and shall be pro
'eeded with in said Superior District Court,
md tried and determined, and process
ssUed and executed therein and By said
the 4rl11 X
n proceedings had been commenced orig
nally in sand Superior District Court for
he parish of Orleans. TIE Judge Of said
superior District Court for the parish of
Orleans shall have power and authority, at
he instance of any party interested, or at
he instance Of the Attorney General of the
,tate, to direct writs Of mandamus and in
JUNCTION to the clerks of said other district
0urts, to the parties to any suit or
nita and their afknrrnaz-a 81. II