Ralph v. Orleans Parish School Board

Plaintiff alleges that he is citizen, property owner, and taxpayer of the city of New Orleans; that he now conducts, and has conducted for years, a retail merchandise establishment near the Andrew II. Wilson School, on which business he pays licenses and taxes; that defendant has entered into a contract whereby they have agreed to allow Elizabeth Barback and Mary Barback to soil merchandise on the grounds of said school, which is public property; that defendant’s action is in violation of Constitution of 1921, art. 4, § 12, p. 16, which provides'that—

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