Pavel v. Richard

DAWKINS, District Judge.

F. J. Pavel, “for himself and for and on behalf of” some nineteen other persons, filed an original petition in this case on November 9, 1938, alleging “There is a common question of law, as well as fact, affecting each of their rights and each of them seek a common relief * * * ”, against the Sheriff of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, to enjoin the enforcement of *993Act No. 256 of the State Legislature of lyp8, in so far as it applies to petitioners as non-residents of Louisiana, upon the grounds that it violates provisions of the Federal Constitution.

Substantially the same…