State v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First City Criminal Court, Parish of Orleans; John B. Fisher, Judge. William S. Rogers was charged by affidavit with violating Act No. 193 of 1920, § 1, by selling a secondhand automobile without evidencing the sale by an authentic act: 1-Iis demurrer to the affidavit was sustained, and the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
Defendant was prosecuted on an affidavit charging that he had violated section 1 of Act 193 of 1920 (page 321), by selling a secondhand automobile without evidencing the sale by an authentic act. He filed a demurrer to the affidavit, pleading . that the statute was unconstitutional and that the section purporting to impose a penalty was confusing and without effect. The demurrer was sustained, and the state has appealed.
Defendant contends that the statute violates the fourteenth article of amendment of the Constitution of the United States and tho first and second articles of the Constitution…
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