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State v. Duson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 25, 1912No. 19,274PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. W. W. Duson was charged with violation of Act No. 183 of 1910. From a judgment quashing the information, the State appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.

The defendant, W. W. Duson, was charged by an information, presented by the district attorney of the 18th judicial district court, with having knowingly failed and neglected to indicate on the earthen tanks or reservoirs of the defendant corporation, in which salt water is stored from the 1st of March to the 1st of September of each year, by initials posted thereon in accordance with statute No. 183 of 1910, in order to show to whom the tanks or reservoirs belonged.

The defendant, Duson, moved to quash the information, on the ground that he was not guilty of a misdemeanor; that the act under…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Fidelity Insurance, Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Shenandoah Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
  2. State v. FergusonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Stewart v. StanleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  2. Peck v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  3. State v. HincySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  4. Surety Credit Co. v. TiemanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
  5. State v. BeelingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930

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