Legal Opinion
Helverson v. Rapides Parish Police Jury
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 12, 1980No. 7863PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOKER, Judge.
Plaintiff, Dewey James Helverson, brings this mandamus suit to compel the defendants, the Sheriff of Rapides Parish, the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Secretary-Treasurer of the Police Jury, to issue him a permit to sell beer. The trial court dismissed plaintiff’s petition for the writ of mandamus. Plaintiff appeals.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether Section 4-108 of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances which prohibits within certain wards of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, the sale of beer with an alcohol content of greater than one-half of one per cent by volume…
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