Leach v. Kenyon

This is an application for an alternative prohibition order against the police justice of the village of Belle Terre, directing him to refrain from proceeding with the trial of petitioner.

*572The controversy surrounds the desire of the residents of the recently formed village of Belle Terre to prevent a sand and gravel company from operating. The sand company purchased its land on December 4, 1930, and immediately started to work it so that by January, 1931, a plant that cost $18,000 stood upon the property. In January, 1931 (the exact date does not appear), the village of Belle Terre was…