Cruse v. Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirtieth Judicial District Court, Parish of La Salle; F. E. Jones, Judge. Suit by W. C. Cruse and others against the Police Jury of La Salle Parish. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
This suit was instituted to enjoin the action of the police jury of La Salle parish in selecting and locating the line of a public road in that parish.
Plaintiffs do not question the authority of police juries to lay out, establish, build, and maintain public roads within the confines of their respective parishes. Such power has been lodged in the various police juries in this state since the creation of our state government and has been continued to this day except in so far as part of that power and authority has been vested by the acts of the Legislature of 1921 (Acts Ex. Sess. 1921, Nos.…
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