Legal Opinion

State v. Wactor

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 7, 1938No. 34714PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The defendant was convicted of violating a parish ordinance prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs, or to be im-' prisoned in the parish jail for 90 days. He is appealing from the conviction and sentence,

The defendant, in the district court, moved to quash the bill of information, on the ground that the statute, Act No. 17 of the First Extra Session of 1935, under authority of which act the parish ordinance was adopted, was unconstitutional, and that the ordinance itself was unconstitutional and illegal. After he…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Town of Ruston v. FountainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  2. State v. ZurichSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
  3. City of Shreveport v. MackieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
  4. State v. FaberSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
  5. State v. HohnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. GarrettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950

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