Case Name: STATE ex rel. YOUNG v. HALL, Governor, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1914-06-08
Citations: 135 La. 420
Docket Number: No. 20617
Parties: STATE ex rel. YOUNG v. HALL, Governor, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 135
Pages: 420–422

Head Matter:
(65 South. 596)
No. 20617.
STATE ex rel. YOUNG v. HALL, Governor, et al.
(June 8, 1914.)
(Syllabus by the Court.)
1.- Mandamus (§ 64*) — Governor—Performance of Official Duty — Discretion.
A mandamus will not lie to the Governor of the state to compel him to perform an alleged duty which depends upon his discretion.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Mandamus, Gent. Dig. §§ 128, 129; Dec. Dig. § 64.*]
2. Mandamus (§ 154*) — Right of Action-Petition.
A petition which does not allege that the 'auditor and treasurer have failed to perform an alleged duty does not disclose a cause of action.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Mandamus, Cent. Dig. §§ 296-316; Dec. Dig. § 154.*]
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge.
Mandamus by the State, on the relation of William L. Young, against L. E. Hall, Governor, and others. From a judgment for defendants, relator appeals.
Affirmed.
J. C. Pugh & Son and J. E. Smitherman, of Shreveport, for appellant. R. G. Pleasant, Atty. Gen., and Harry Gamble, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Opinion:
SOMMERYILLE, J.
Relator, alleging that he was State Examiner of State Banks, and that he had been removed from office by an illegal act of the Governor of the state, and that the auditor and treasurer would, under instructions from the Governor, refuse to honor his vouchers and issue and pay warrants to him for monthly salary, etc., asks that writs of mandamus issue directed to the named officers to rescind the order oí removal, and to recognize him as the State Examiner of State Banks.
The trial judge found that the act sought to be enforced against the Governor js an executive act, based upon his- discretion, and that a mandamus would not lie in such case.
As to the application for the writs addressed to the auditor and treasurer, the court found that relator had not alleged that these respondents had refused -to perform their duty; that the demands were,premature; and that the petition did not contain a valid cause of action.
The rulings of the district judge are correct, and the judgment appealed from is affirmed, with costs.