Case Name: State of Louisiana ex rel. W. Morgan Gurley, Syndic, vs. Hon. T. C. W. Ellis, Judge of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1897-02-19
Citations: 49 La. Ann. 885
Docket Number: No. 12,426
Parties: State of Louisiana ex rel. W. Morgan Gurley, Syndic, vs. Hon. T. C. W. Ellis, Judge of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 885–886

Head Matter:
No. 12,426.
State of Louisiana ex rel. W. Morgan Gurley, Syndic, vs. Hon. T. C. W. Ellis, Judge of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.
ON APPLICATION for Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition.
Ambrose Smith and John T. Whitaker for Relator.
E. Howard McCaleb and Dinkelspiel & Hart for Respondents.
Submitted on briefs February 15, 1897.
Opinion handed down February 19, 1897.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
For the reasons assigned in the written opinion this-day filed in State ex rel. W. Morgan Gurley, Syndic, vs. Fred. D. King, Judge, ante, p. 881, it is ordered and decreed that the preliminary writs of mandamus and prohibition be set aside and that the rule prayed for by the testator be refused at his cost.