King v. Moresi

Two negatives can never make an affirmative. The State, in the exercise of its police power, sought to regulate the conduct of a Parish policeman — the sheriff — on a subject of general public welfare and for the promotion of good morals, when it enacted Act No. 94 of 1902, which prohibits Parish policemen and their aides from purchasing property at tax sales, and-that when *59so purchasing the prohibited sale is null and void. In the instant case, it is an admitted fact that the statute was violated by the sheriff. The Constitution of 1921 — Article 19, Section 18 — is a commandment issued to…