Legal Opinion

State v. Scallan

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 10, 1956No. 43031PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMITER, Justice.

Noah Scallan was charged under LSA-R.S. 55:9 — 10 with possessing for use and *473using an unsealed arid a false weighing or measuring device, the penalty for a violation of any provision of which statute is a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment for not more than three months or both. To the indictment, in a motion to quash, the defendant pleaded that (1) it does not set. forth any crime known to the laws of this state and (2) the statute is unconstitutional and invalid.

The district judge sustained the motion to quash, but the record fails to disclose on what ground his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. NewmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  2. State v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  3. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
  4. State v. ClementSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
  2. State ex rel. Cronvich v. WilkesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967

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