Dugas v. City of La Fayette

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Dugas v. City of La Fayette, 154 La. 961 (La. 1923)
98 So. 434; 1923 La. LEXIS 2062
Daw, Dawkins, Kins, Land, Leche

Dugas v. City of La Fayette

Opinion of the Court

DAWKINS, J.

Plaintiff paid to the city of La Eayette $2,000 for a retail liquor license to do business for the year 1919. National prohibition went into effect on the 1st of July of that year, and this suit is to recover back one-half of the amount so paid, or $1,000.

The case presents no attack upon the validity or constitutionality of the law under which the license fee was paid; hence this court, whose minimum jurisdiction is above $2,000, has no power to entertain the appeal. Const. 1921, art. 7, § 10.

Por the reason assigned, this case is transferred to the Court of Appeal, Eirst Circuit, appellant to pay costs of this court, all other costs to await final judgment.

Reference

Full Case Name
DUGAS v. CITY OF LA FAYETTE
Status
Published
Syllabus
(Syllabus by Editorial Staff.) Courts The Supreme Court, having a minimum jurisdiction of $2,000 under Const. 1921, art. 7, § 10, has no power to entertain an appeal from a judgment in a suit to recover $1,000 representing one-half of an annual fee for a retail liquor license rendered useless by the advent of national prohibition, no attack on the validity of the law under which the fee was paid being made.