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Associate Justice Joseph A. Breaux is justices have the privilege of delivering a descended from an old French and Creole written dissenting opinion, which is published family. He was born in Ibberville Parish, along with the majority opinion on the re Louisiana, in 1838, and graduated from the port of the cases determined by the court. University of Louisiana in 1858, and a year In cases of recusation the justice or justices recused are replaced by one or more district later from the law department. Law prac tice and the publication of the " Weekly judges, chosen by the justices not recused, Magnolia " at his birthplace occupied his who then participate in the determination of time from his graduation to his enlistment the cause. The time allowed for argument



is limited to one hour in the Confederate to each side, but in Army. After the war proper cases an exten he practised law at sion may be allowed. Vermillionville, Abbe Judges against whom ville, and New Iberia, writs are asked, man and did a lucrative damus, prohibition, business. He served and others, are not per in the session of the mitted to argue in per Legislature of 1862, son. They may do so and never accepted in writing or by coun political office until sel. In such cases 1888, when he was the applications are elected State Superin tendent of Public Ed not usually argued. ucation. He resigned The cases decided this position for the by this court extend justiceship of the Su from the 32d to the preme Court. Judge 42d Annual Reports, Breaux is a gentleman both inclusive. They of means, a thorough exceed in number scholar, and makes an four thousand, part of excellent judge. which has been re Governor Wiltz, in ported by syllabus organizing the Su only, and in many in JAMES Gt TALIAFERRO. preme Court under the stances not reported present Constitution, at all. In order to appointed representatives of the two great compel lawyers to present their cases more races, — two of the Latin and three of the clearly and more efficaciously, the court Anglo-Saxon. Although changes have since requires, by rule, a succinct abstract of the occurred, the two great races are still like material facts, and a syllabus of all the vital wise represented. By the Constitution, the questions of law involved in the cases. With State is divided into four districts, from three a view to avoid an incorrect report by the of which one justice and from the fourth two newspapers of what the decisions rendered justices have to be selected and appointed. are, as well as promptly to advise members Chief-Justice Bermudez and Mr. Justice of the bar and the bench of their real purport, Fenner are from the district to which New and besides, to have the essential matters Orleans belongs, and the other justices are considered and determined more accurately from the remaining districts. When the put in relief in the volumes, the justices court is divided, the minonty justice or have imposed upon themselves the task