Oubre v. City of Donaldsonville

Ordinance No. 58 C. C. S. of the city of Donaldsonville provides for the inspection of markets in that city and levies against each operator of a market a charge or fee of $120 per annum, to be used to assist in the payment of the salary of the inspector.

In Oubre v. City of Donaldsonville, 167 La. 625, 120 So. 30, seven of the plaintiffs in the present suit sought to restrain the city from enforcing this ordinance, mainly on the ground that the fee charged is excessive, and was a mere pretext for the raising of general revenue under the guise of inspection fees. IVe held, under the facts of…