Perot v. Police Jury

ROGERS, Justice.

This suit was instituted by a number of residents of the Parish of Natchitoches to annul an ordinance of the police jury prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in the parish. The ordinance was adopted after a local option election was called and held as requested by petitions presented to the police jury and a majority of the votes cast at the election were in favor of such prohibition.

Plaintiffs, in their suit, seek to enjoin the parochial authorities from enforcing the ordinance. After the trial of the merits there was judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ suit at their cost…