City of Gretna v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parisli of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. ■ Suit for injunction by the City of Gretna and others against James J. Bailey, Secretary of State, and Paul Capdevielle, Auditor; J. H. Caldara and others, interveners. Motion to dissolve the writ referred to the merits, and judgment for plaintiffs perpetuating the writ, and the defendants and interveners appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
In 1916 the General Assembly enacted a special statute, Act No. 2 of the session of that year, providing or proposing a commission form of government under a new charter for the city of Gretna. It was provided in section 41 of the act that the statute should not become operative in any respect unless it should be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the city voting at a special election to be held for that purpose, under the general election laws of the state and under the supervision of the board of supervisors of elections, on the third Tuesday in September, 1916. A majority…
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