Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1849

First Municipality v. Devron

First Municipality v. Devron
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided April 15, 1849 · Eustis
4 La. Ann. 278

First Municipality v. Devron

Opinion of the Court

The judgment of the court (King, J. absent,) was pronounced by

Eustis, C. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace, by which the municipality recovered the sum of fifteen dollars from the defendant, being the amount of a fine incurred under an ordinance approved the 16th of February, 1846, which imposed a fine on persons selling groceries in the markets.

We perceive nothing unconstitutional or illegal in this ordinance.

Judgment affirmed. *

A similar judgment was pronounced, at thesame time,in aseeond case between the same parties, for another fine of fifty dollars.

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