Sennette v. Police Jury of St. Mary's Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Ííary; Percy Saint, Judge ad hoc. Action by W. F. Sennette and another against the Police Jury of the Parish of St. Mary, La. From a judgment denying an injunction and dismissing plaintiffs’ petition, they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiffs conduct saloons, one in Centerville and the other in Charenton, small towns in St. Mary parish.
One opened his saloon in 1902 and the other in 1905.
They aver that they obtained some recognition of their right to continue in the liquor business. To this asserted right they refer as a permit granted by the police jury.
Without detailing the facts connected with the asserted permit granted, they refer with some particularity to the repeal by the police jury of the authority to open a saloon which they assert had been granted to them by the police jury in the years 1902 and 1905; that…
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