Legal Opinion

Hoffpauir v. Wise

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 15, 1886No. 1271PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from the Third Ward Justice’s Court, Parish of Vermilion. Labauve, J. 1. The title to Act No. 84 of the Acts of 1878, is sufficient to sustain all the provisions of the act, either under the Constitution of 1868 or 1879. State vs. Bott, 31 Ann. 663; 37 Ann. 191; Cooley on Const Lim. pp. 144 (marg.) and 145; Blumenthal vs. Huerter, Western Rep. vol. 1, p. G34 (Sup.

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APPEAL from the Third Ward Justice’s Court, Parish of Vermilion. Labauve, J. 1. The title to Act No. 84 of the Acts of 1878, is sufficient to sustain all the provisions of the act, either under the Constitution of 1868 or 1879. State vs. Bott, 31 Ann. 663; 37 Ann. 191; Cooley on Const Lim. pp. 144 (marg.) and 145; Blumenthal vs. Huerter, Western Rep. vol. 1, p. G34 (Sup. Ct, of 111.); Slack vs Ray, 26 Ann. 675; Police Juiy vs. Colomb, 20 Ann. 198; New Orleans vs. R R. Co., 27 Ann. 415; State vs. Henry, 15 Ann. 297; Art. 86. Const. 1879; State vs. Natal, No. 9582, 38 Ann. —, (not yet reported.…

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*706The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poché, J.

Plaintiff, claiming to represent the police jury of Vermilion parish, brought this suit for the enforcement of an ordinance of the police jury prohibiting the sale of goods and merchandise on Sundays within the limits of that parish; and he prosecutes this appeal from a judgment declaring the ordinance sued upon to be null and void, and rejecting Ms demand.

The record discloses a fatal error in the pleadings which we are compelled to notice ex proprio motu.

In his petition plaintiff alleges that he herein sues “in the name of the police jury of…

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  2. Jackson Brewing Co. v. CantonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  3. Lane v. E. J. Deas Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
  4. White Hall Agr. Co. v. Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
  5. Layne & Bowler Co. v. Town of WinnfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914

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