State ex rel. Lacaze v. Cavanac

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Spencer, J.

The opinion of the judge of the Third District Court in this case so fully states the lawand the facts thereof that we can not do better than to adopt it as our own. We simply add that whilst the legislative act certainly authorizes and directs the defendant to close, or cause to be closed the private markets, it has not provided the means by which he is to do so. There is no authority given him by that act or any other to summons a posse — there is no force put at his disposal to effect the purposes of the act. He is not directed or…