State v. Atkins
State v. Atkins
Opinion of the Court
Defendants were indicted, under Act 71 of 1894, for unlawfully issuing' tickets and cheeks redeemable only in goods at their place of business.
They appeared by counsel and moved to quaish the indictment on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the statute, setting forth in what particulars they deemed it unconstitutional and what provisions of the Constitution it infringed.
Erom a judgment sustaining the motion to quash, the State appeals.
The case is identical in its facts and law with that of the State of Louisiana vs. G. R. Eerguson et als, No. 13,625 on the docket of this court, just decided^ and for the reasons set forth in the opinion handed down in that case, the judgment herein is affirmed.
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- State of Louisiana v. J. B. Atkins
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- Syllabus. Act No. 71 of the Acts of 1894, the title of which is: “To encourage the freedom of trade and to forbid the issuance by merchants or corporations of tickets redeemable only in goods at their place of business,” is held to be unconstitutional on the ground that its title indicates, and the act itself embraces, two or more distinct objects.