City of New Orleans v. Kaufman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Recorder’s Court of New Orleans; J. J. Fogarty, Recorder. Charles Kaufman was convicted of violating an ordinance of the City of New Orleans, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Defendant has appealed from a conviction and sentence for violating a certain city ordinance forbidding the building of sheds over sidewalks.
Defendant demurred to the charge on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the ordinance in that it “was not adopted to safeguard public health, safety, morals, comfort, or for the general welfare, but that it embraces sesthetic considerations only.”
The demurrer was overruled, and the defendant reserved a bill of exceptions, which does not appear from the record to have been drafted, signed, and filed.
The only question of law raised below is the one…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nessen v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Calvo v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Shepherd v. Third MunicipalitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
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