State v. Couris

Supreme Court of Louisiana February 23, 1915

State v. Couris, 136 La. 899 (La. 1915)

67 So. 950

Authority, Decree, Given, Hagen, Jurisdiction, Jury, Land, Monroe, Niell, Ordinance, Pass, Provosty, Question, South, That

Opinion of the Court

MONROE, C.' J.

This case presents the same questions that are presented in the cases of State v. Emmet Hagen, 67 South. 935,2 and State v. Whitbeck and Harris, 67 South. 949,3 this day decided, and is governed by the same principles of law. For the reasons assigned in those cases, therefore, the conviction and sentence herein appealed from are set aside, and the defendant ordered to be discharged.

PROVOSTY, LAND, and O’NIELL, JJ., concur in the decree, on the ground that the police jury was without authority to pass the ordinance in question. O’NIELL, J., is of the opinion that this court is without jurisdiction, for the reasons given in his dissenting opinion in State v. Hagen, 67 South. 942.

Ante, p. 868.

Ante, p. 886.

Reference

Full Case Name: STATE v. COURIS
Status: Published