Legal Opinion

Roy v. Schuff

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 9, 1899No. 12,807PublishedCited by 16 opinions

ON APPEAL from the Third Magistrate’s Court for the Parish, of Avoyelles. -N. II. Zimmer, J.

1Opinion of the Court

*87The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The municipal authorities of the town of Mansura took action to compel the defendant to pay a license tax of seventy-five dollars imposed on peddlers.

The defendant contended that he was not a peddler.

The issue before us is whether a planter who sells his crop of rice in parcels, from place to place, is a peddler, within the intendment of an ordinance requiring peddlers and hawkers, excepting those peddling fruits, vegetables, oysters, poultry and eggs, to pay an annual license.

On Motion to Dismiss the Appeal.

Plaintiff and appellee moved to…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Louisiana State Department of Agriculture v. SibilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  2. State v. Rosenstream, Weiss & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
  3. State ex rel. Brittain v. HayesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  4. Monongahela River Consol. Coal & Coke Co. v. Board of AssessorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
  5. State v. WenarSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906

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