Town of Hammond v. Badeau
Supreme Court of Louisiana
G. T. Badeau was convicted in the mayor’s court of the city of Hammond and, on appeal, in the district court, of violating a municipal ordinance, and applies for certiorari and mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the case.
MONROE, C. J.
Relator was convicted by the “municipal” (or mayor’s) court, of the city of Hammond, of violating an ordinance relating to sanitation, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs amounting to $18.25, and in default of payment to suffer imprisonment for 20 days in the parish jail. 1-Ie appealed to the district court, and gave an appeal bond, which, construed with reference to the law authorizing and recognizing such bond, is to serve as security for the fine and costs. In the district court, the case was set down for trial, agreeably to a rule of that…
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