COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE & c. v. BOARD OF HEALTH

No. 4.

186 U.S. 380 (1902)

COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DE NAVIGATION A VAPEUR v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Affirmed June 2, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.B. Spencer for plaintiff in error. Mr. W.W. Howe was on his brief.

Mr. F.C. Zacharie for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The law of Louisiana, under which the Board of Health exerted the authority which is complained of, is found in section 8 of Act No. 192, enacted in 1898. The portion of the section which is essential is as follows, the provision which is more directly pertinent to the case in hand being italicized:

"In case that any parish, town or city, or any portion thereof, shall...

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