State v. Cross
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; J. R. Land, Judge. Cal Cross and others were convicted of violating an ordinance of a police jury, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
This case presents the same questions that are presented in the cases of State v. Hagen, 67 South. 935,2 and State v. Wliitbeck and Harris, 67 South. 949,3 and is governed by the same principles of law. For the reasons assigned in those cases, therefore, ■the convictions and sentences herein appealed from are set aside, and the defendants ordered to be discharged.
PROVOSTY, LAND, and O’NIELL, JJ., concur in the decree on the ground that the police jury was without authority to pass the ordinance in question. O^NIELL, J., is also of the opinion that this court is without jurisdiction, for the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. HagenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- State v. WhitbeckSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915