Case Name: STATE v. FULCO. In re STATE ex rel. MABRY, Dist. Atty.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1915-01-11
Citations: 136 La. 627
Docket Number: No. 21009
Parties: STATE v. FULCO. In re STATE ex rel. MABRY, Dist. Atty.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 136
Pages: 627–627

Head Matter:
(67 South. 521)
No. 21009.
STATE v. FULCO. In re STATE ex rel. MABRY, Dist. Atty.
(Jan. 11, 1915.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 23, 1915.)
• (Syllabus by the Gourt.)
Habeas Corpus <&wkey;46 — Jurisdiction—City Court.
The city court of the city of Shreveport is not authorized by the Constitution or by statute to issue the writ of habeas corpus.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Habeas Corpus, Cent. Dig. § 36; Dec. Dig. <&wkey;>46.]
Proceedings by the State against Sam Eulco. Eulco was released under a writ of habeas corpus, and the State, on the relation of W. A. Mabry, District Attorney, applies for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus.
Order of release set aside.
See, also, 135 Da. 273, 65 South. 240.
Wm. A. Mabry, Dist. Atty., of Shreveport, for apxilicant. ' L. C. Blanchard, of Shreveport, City Judge, pro se.

Opinion:
SOMMERVILLE, J.
The writ of habeas corpus is a well recognized and established process, resting upon constitutional and statutory provisions. The state Constitution provides for the issuance of the writ as an existing remedy in the cases to which it properly applies, and designates the courts which may use it. The city court of the city of Shreveport was created by Act No. 103 of 1898, p. 129. This act, and the article of the Constitution, No. 96, which authorized the establishment of the court, do not confer upon that tribunal the right or power to issue the writ of habeas corpus; and therefore it has not the right or power.
The supervisory authority of the Supreme Court was properly invoked in this case.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the order issued by the respondent judge, releasing Sam Eulco from the custody of the sheriff under the writ of habeas corpus apxilied for by him, be annulled and set aside.