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LUCAS v. BERKETT

No. 43590.

98 So.2d 229 (1957)

233 La. 896

Joseph S. LUCAS v. Marian Mayer BERKETT et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 25, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernhardt C. Heebe, Metairie, for appellants.

Benton & Moseley, Baton Rouge, Phillip B. Smith, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

Clarence J. Martin, New Orleans, Ferdinand M. Lob, Metairie, for intervenor-appellants.

Hoppe, DuValle & Dunne, New Orleans, William V. Dunne, Harahan, for plaintiff-appellee.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

On November 6, 1956, the electors of this state approved a proposed constitutional amendment adding Section 3(c) to Article 14 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921. This constitutional amendment provides for the creation of a Jefferson Parish Charter Commission and grants to the people of Jefferson Parish the power to establish, in a manner therein provided, a government for the parish and the several municipal corporations and the other public...

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