THIGPEN v. DeSOTO PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 11212.

222 So.2d 894 (1969)

Roy E. THIGPEN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DeSOTO PARISH POLICE JURY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & LeSage, Shreveport, for appellant.

Thomas A. Self, Many, for appellee.

Before AYRES, BOLIN and DIXON, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

Roy E. Thigpen, Jr. filed an application with the police jury of DeSoto Parish for a permit or license to sell beer in Ward Five of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The application was rejected by the jury on the ground the sale of such beverages had been prohibited in the parish by an ordinance adopted pursuant to a 1934 local option election held parish-wide. Plaintiff appealed to the District Court where the matter was heard December 3, 1968, and for written...

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