State v. Foggin

Supreme Court of Louisiana

State v. Foggin

67 So. 951, 136 La. 901, 1915 La. LEXIS 2113

Supreme Court of Louisiana·Decided February 23, 1915·No. No. 20862·Published

Opinion

MONROE, C. J.

This case presents the same questions that are presented in the eases of State v. Hagen, 67 South. 935,³ and State v. Whitbeck and Harris, 67 South. 949,⁴ 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 is set aside, and the defendant ordered to be discharged.

PROYOSTY, 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 of the appeal, for the reasons assigned in his dissenting opinion in the case of State v. Hagen, 67 South. 942, decided, this day.

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MONROE, C. J.

This case presents the same questions that are presented in the eases of State v. Hagen, 67 South. 935,³ and State v. Whitbeck and Harris, 67 South. 949,⁴ 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 is set aside, and the defendant ordered to be discharged.

PROYOSTY, 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 of the appeal, for the reasons assigned in his dissenting opinion in the case of State v. Hagen, 67 South. 942, decided, this day.

Footnotes

State v. Foggin, 67 So. 951, 136 La. 901, 1915 La. LEXIS 2113 (La. 1915).

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