Moore v. Police Jury of Bossier Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court, parish of Bossier. £X Drew, J. First — The unconstitutionality of an act of the Legislature will not be declared by courts, unless it is manifestly so. Second — Art. 29 of the Constitution is not violated, when the bill includes legislation of cognate matters, and does not embrace subjects diverse in their nature.
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A PPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court, parish of Bossier. £X Drew, J. First — The unconstitutionality of an act of the Legislature will not be declared by courts, unless it is manifestly so. Second — Art. 29 of the Constitution is not violated, when the bill includes legislation of cognate matters, and does not embrace subjects diverse in their nature. Cooley’s Constitutional Limitations, 142. Third — Elections will not be declared null when the voters have exercised their rights untrammeled, and no complaint made, except the non-observance of merely directory provisions of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Levy, J.
The plaintiffs, E. R. Moore et al., brought suit to annul an election held in the parish of Bossier, on the 22d day of July, 1880, under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly, No. 31, approved March 10th, 1880, entitled: “ An Act prescribing the manner of changing parish lines and of removing parish seats,” and for injunction against said police jury prohibiting the holding of a second election ordered by that body for the purpose of deciding as to the place to which the removal of the parish seat of said parish should be made. In…
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