State ex rel. Cain v. Davis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District ‘Court, Parish of Vernon; John Bachman Lee, Judge. Action by the state, on relation of Robert D. Cain and others, against T. J. Davis, •sheriff, and the police jury of Vernon parish, praying for a judgment directing a liquor license to issue to relators. From a judgment for relators, the sheriff and police jury appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
Robert D. Cain, Charles L. ■Smith, and J. T. Jones are plaintiffs in this suit. They aver that all of them are residents, citizens, qualified voters, and taxpayers of the parish of Vernon and of the ‘Third Ward of that parish. They allege that the police jury of that parish on the-•day of -•, 1906, after adopting an estimate of expenses for the year 1907, as required by law, passed an ordinance fixing the parish license, and among them the retail liquor dealer’s license, and fixed it at $500 for the year 1907. That the minutes of •said meeting of police jury…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Woodruff v. DortchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- State ex rel. Texarkana, Shreveport & Natchez Railway Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Taxpayers v. O'KellySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
- Hood v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
- State ex rel. Davis v. Police Jury of Bossier ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State ex rel. Police Jury of Parish of Vernon v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908