Legal Opinion

City of Shreveport v. Gregory

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 21, 1936No. 34162PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HIGGINS, Justice.

This is an appeal by the City of Shreveport from a judgment of the city court sustaining a motion to quash an affidavit filed under an ordinance charging the defendant with unlawfully operating a taxicab without proper bond and without registering the taxicab.

The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that this court did not have appellate jurisdiction, citing section 10, article 7, of the Constitution of 1921, making the point that only •the legality and not the constitutionality of the ordinance was at issue.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Thibaut v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  2. Downs v. DunnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  3. State ex rel. Blaise v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
  4. State ex rel. City of New Orleans v. New Orleans & Northeastern RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1890

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Dore v. TugwellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  2. Smith v. FlournoySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
  3. Hayes v. Orleans Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
  4. Buras v. Fidelity Deposit Co. of MarylandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  5. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ETC. v. PerryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982

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