State v. Foggin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Dan Foggin and Garfield Ashley were charged with keeping a blind tiger. .Exception to the jurisdiction of the court overruled, and they apply for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Relators complain that, being charged, in the district court for Caddo parish, with keeping a blind tiger and. maintaining a public nuisance, at a building, No. 323 Texas street, in the city of Shreveport, in violation of an ordinance of the police jury of Caddo parish, their exception to the jurisdiction of the court was improperly overruled, and they pray that the court be prohibited from further proceeding.
The judge a quo makes return, saying that, in his opinion, the case is one in which the district court and the city court of Shreveport are vested with concurrent jurisdiction.
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