Police Jury v. Villaviabo

Merrick, O. J.

This suit was brought to recover of the defendant two hundred dollars, under an ordinance of the Police Jury of said parish, on account of retailing spiritous liquors, as the keeper of a coffee house, without a license.

It is evident'that this court can only consider the legality of the ordinance in question and not the facts upon which the decision rests.

The defendant’s counsel arrives at the illegality of the tax by the following-reasoning :

“We assert,” he says, “that said proceedings (of the Police Jury) are irregular, and of no binding force and effect for this. The…