CARTWRIGHT v. POLICE JURY OF BOSSIER PARISH

No. 43616.

100 So.2d 474 (1957)

234 La. 469

Ernest CARTWRIGHT et al. v. POLICE JURY OF BOSSIER PARISH. In re: Ernest Cartwright et al., Applying for Stay Order, Writ of Preliminary Injunction, or in the Alternative, Review, Prohibition and Mandamus: Parish of Bossier.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace M. Bickhan, Jr., Vivian, for plaintiffs-relators.

Louis H. Padgett, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bossier City, for defendants-respondents.


HAMITER, Justice.

As residents and qualified electors of the Parish of Bossier plaintiffs instituted this action against the police jury, the sheriff and the district attorney of such parish to have declared null and void an ordinance (No. 315) of the Bossier Parish Police Jury prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages throughout Ward 6 of the named governmental subdivision, as well as a local option election held on April 9, 1957 the results of which the ordinance...

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