Legal Opinion
City of Lake Charles v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 1, 1964No. 47131PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
The question presented in this proceeding is the validity of Ordinance No. 1381 of the *290City o£ Lake Charles, adopted by the City Council on January 24, 1963, imposing a service charge on proprietors of residences and apartment houses to defray the cost of garbage disposal and sanitation.
The City of Lake Charles brought this action in the City Court of Lake Charles against the defendant, Allen K. Wallace, seeking to recover the sum of $10.00, the garbage disposal charge for five months. Wallace admitted the correctness of the amount due under the ordinance, but attacked the…
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