DeBLanc v. Mayor of the Town of New Iberia

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Plaintiffs are retail grocer merchants and liquor dealers. They conduct a saloon in the rear part of their store.

They were served with written notice to close their saloon within three days from the date of the notice, and to discontinue that business. The reason assigned for this was that their saloon had been declared a nuisance.

The notice was signed by the Mayor of the town of New Iberia.

Whereupon, they brought this suit to prevent by injunction the closing of their saloon, and attack the municipal ordinances, under which the town…