Legal Opinion
Village of Marthaville v. Chambers
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 29, 1914No. 20589PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Natchitoches; W. T. Cunningham, Judge. Action by the Village of' Marthaville against T. D. Chambers. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
■PROVO STY, J.
The village of Marthaville sues the defendant for a license of $500 for selling near beer.
[1 ] The first defense is that defendant does not owe more than $50, because that is the amount of the state license for selling near beer, as fixed by Act 178, p. 322, of 1912, and that by article 229 of the Constitution—
“no political corporation shall impose a greater license tax than is imposed by the General Assembly for state purposes.”
Plaintiff meets that defense by invoking the next sentence of the same article:
“This restriction shall not apply to dealers in distilled, alcoholic or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Shreveport v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
3Cited by3 opinions
- Van Der Veer v. State Ex Rel. HerronIndiana Court of Appeals · 1929
- Louisiana Western R. v. Village of DusonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Village of Elton v. ButtrellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918