Mayor of New Iberia v. Erath
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth District Court, Parish of Iberia; James Simon, Judge. Action by the mayor and board of trustees of the city of New Iberia against Victor Erath. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Defendant was sued for $200, the amount of his license as a wholesale liquor dealer as per city ordinance. He answered that his sole business as a liquor dealer consisted in the importation and sale of beer in original packages, and that such business constituted interstate commerce,, which could not be taxed or licensed by the-state of Louisiana or the city of New Iberia, and that the ordinance in question was violative of article 1, § 10, of the Constitution of the United States. There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant has-appealed.
In December, 1905, the municipal…
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