Vara v. R. M. Quigley Const. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Winn; Marion F. Machen, Judge. Action by Amaranta Vara against E. M. Quigley Construction Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff sued defendant company for $2,500 damages for an alleged illegal arrest and imprisonment on a charge of having violated a labor contract, a misdemeanor made punishable by Act No. 50 of 1892, p. 71.
The petition charges that said act is repugnant to section 1 of article 14 of the amendments of the Constitution of the United States, and to section 1990 of the Eevised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1268], as it attempts to abridge the privileges of citizens of the United States, and to deprive persons of their liberty without due process of law, and as it attempts to enforce the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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