Irwin v. Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; W. E. Blackman, Judge. Action by Henry L. Irwin and others against the Police Jury of Grant Parish. From judgment, for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Act No. 25, p. 34, Acts 1917 (Ex. Sess.), is entitled “An act to provide for the eradication of the Texas fever-carrying tick, commonly known as the cattle tick,” etc. It provides that cattle must be dipped periodically in an arsenical solution, and requires the police juries of the several parishes of the state to provide dipping vats and chemicals at the expense of the parish “under the direction of the executive officer of the Louisiana state live stock sanitary board.”
Plaintiffs assail the constitutionality of this act.
[1] One ground is that the act violates article 53 of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brennan v. Sewerage & Water Board & Board of LiquidationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902