Legal Opinion

Frazier v. Police Jury of Winn Parish

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 1, 1940No. 35641PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HIGGINS, Justice,

The plaintiffs, alleging that in Ward No. 2 of Winn Parish they were engaged in the business of selling intoxicating liquors containing more than six per centum of alcohol by volume, prior to a parish-wide local option election held on June 6, 1939, instituted this suit to have the election and the result thereof, as promulgated, wherein Ward No. 2, as a part of the Parish, was declared to be “dry,” decreed null and void.. The defendant Police Jury filed exceptions of no right and no cause of action, which were' sustained, and the petition was dismissed. Petitioners have…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Drew v. Town of Zwolle, Sabine ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  2. State v. BonnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  3. Hagens v. Police Jury of Caddo ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  4. Police Jury v. Town of MansuraSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  5. Kelly v. Rapides Parish Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Perot v. Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  2. Thigpen v. DeSoto Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
  3. Baynham v. Winn Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
  4. Opinion Number, Louisiana Attorney General Reports2005

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