City of New Orleans v. Ricker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Recorder’s Court of New Orleans; J. J. Fogarty and Ben P. Tiller, Recorders. F. Ricker and Fred Beck were convicted of violating ordinances of the City of New Orleans, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
These two cases involve the legality and constitutionality of a certain ordinance passed by the board of health of the city of New Orleans, known as the rat-proofing ordinances, for the purpose of suppressing and eradicating the bubonic plague.
Ricker was prosecuted on affidavit “for failing to have grocery and stable rat-proofed,” and Beck was prosecuted “for failing to have grocery store rat-proofed,” in violation of said ordinances.
The defendants were tried separately before different courts, and were convicted and sentenced. Both appealed to this court, and by consent of counsel the two…
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