Legal Opinion
Municipality No. One v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 15, 1855PublishedCited by 5 opinions
from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Lea, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Spoítord, J.
The defendants and appellants contend that the Act of 7th. February, 1850, (session Acts, p. 5,) empowering each of the Municipalities of New Orleans to levy taxes on capital on the assessment rolls of 1848 and 1849, (not to exceed the amounts imposed by ordinances already passed,) as well as the ordinance of Municipality No. 1, in pursuance thereof, approved 19th March,, 1850, are unconstitutional and void.
The statute is said to bo unconstitutional because it is retroactive in its ope-ration.
It is not an ex post fapto law, as it has no relation to crimes and penalties.
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2Cited by5 opinions
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