Legal Opinion
Mouton v. City of Lafayette
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1950No. 39903PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LE BLANC, Justice.
This is a suit in which the unconstitutionality of Act No. 315 of 1946 is invoked and Ordinance No. 401 adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Lafayette on February 28, 1950, allegedly in conformity with the provisions of that act is also attacked.
The legislative act involved delegates to municipal corporations the power to contract or expand their corporate limits and prescribes the requirements that have to be followed in carrying out its provisions. The Board of Trustees of the City of Lafayette initiated the legislative procedure to annex a large area abutting…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Frierson v. CooperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Lawrence v. Town of MansfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Breland v. City of BogalusaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Fontenot v. BabineauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
3Cited by5 opinions
- City of New Orleans v. RymanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- State ex rel. Claiborne v. DistefanoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Mouton v. City of LafayetteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
- State v. BootheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- Scott v. City of West MonroeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956