Spinato v. Lowe

LOUIS H. YARRUT, Judge ad hoc.

This is a mandamus proceeding by plaintiff-appellee against the Collector of Revenue' for the City of New Orleans and its *74Chief Administrative Officer, to compel the renewal for 1959 of his 1958 alcoholic beverage permit issued under the authority of the State’s Alcohol Beverage Act, LSA-R. S. 26:1 et seq. We transferred to the Supreme Court today companion case No. 21362, Spinato v. City of New Orleans, 113 So.2d 71 because it involves a “forfeiture”, which is within the sole jurisdiction of that Court. La.Const.1921, Art. 7 Sec. 10, LSA. ...

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