Osborn v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Suit for injunction by Roll Osborn against the City of Shreveport. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
An ordinance of the city of Shreveport (No. 27 of 1915) declares it unlawful “to maintain or operate any undertaking shop or parlor, where bodies are embalmed, kept, or prepared for interment, except on the business streets of the city.” It then names, or designates by localities, the business streets and sections and declares that all others are residential. The petition herein, filed in September, 1917, alleges that, on August 20th of that year, plaintiff had entered into a contract * * * to purchase the Logan residence on Christian street in the…
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