City of Shreveport v. Rambo

Relator was tried in the city court of the city of Shreveport for the violation of the general traffic ordinance, was convicted and sentenced, and appealed to the district court for the parish of Caddo.

After lodging the appeal in the district court, relator filed a motion to quash the affidavit made against him in the city court on the ground that it set forth and charged no offense against the city of Shreveport, “in that there is no law or ordinance of the city denouncing as an offense the act charged against appearer.”

When this motion was presented for a ruling, the assistant city attorney…