Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Galle v. City of New Orleans

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 11, 1904No. 14,878PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Frederick Durive King, Judge. Application by the state, on the relation of Edward Galle, for writ of mandamus to the city of New Orleans. Judgment for relator, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

The respondent has appealed from a judgment making peremptory a writ of mandamus commanding it to grant to the relator the right to open and carry on a barroom. Whether the judgment appealed from is correct or incorrect depends upon the interpretation which shall be placed upon certain provisions of state and municipal law, there being no dispute as to the facts.

The present charter of the city of New Orleans (Act Gen. Assem. No. 45, p. 53, of 1896)- § 14, confers on the council the power, inter alia, to adopt and enforce such ordinances as-may be necessary and…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Ex Parte VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Crowley v. ChristensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Matter of Application of JacobsNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  5. Giozza v. TiernanSupreme Court of the United States · 1893

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Travelers Insurance v. MarshallTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  2. Schwegmann Bros. v. Louisiana Board of Alcoholic Beverage ControlSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  3. Francis v. MorialSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  4. Glicker v. Michigan Liquor Control CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1947
  5. Anderson v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948

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