Legal Opinion
State v. Oliva
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 2, 1918No. 23314PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vermilion; W. W. Bailey, Judge. Israel Oliva was indicted for violating a contract of hire, the indictment was quashed, and the State appeals.'
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
Defendant was indicted for violating a contract of hire, and, the indictment having been quashed on the ground that the statute denouncing that offense is unconstitutional, the state has taken the present appeal.
Section 1 of Act No. 54, p. 87, of 1906, under which the defendant is being prosecuted, reads as follows:
“Whoever shall willfully violate a hire * * * contract, conditioned on the cultivation of land in this state, upon the faith of which contract money or goods have been advanced, by leaving the employ of the person * * * without first tendering to the person by whom said money or…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bailey v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- State v. MurraySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
3Cited by2 opinions
- Taylor v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- State v. RoutSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918