State v. Lecompte

Decided October 29, 1917

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1917-10-29

E. Howell, Judge. Joseph Lecompte, Jr., was accused of the violation of an ordinance of the police jury of the parish of Terrebonne requiring owners to dip their cattle for the eradication of fever-carrying ticks. Demurrer to bill of information sustained and the State appeals.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1925

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Judgment annulled and case remanded · Decided 1917-10-29

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O’NIELL, J.

¶1The defendant was accused of violating an ordinance of the police jury of the parish of Terrebonne, requiring owners to dip their cattle, for the eradication of fever-carrying ticks. He filed a demurrer to the bill of information, contending that the police jury had no authority to enact the ordinance. Judgment was rendered in his favor, sustaining the demurrer. The state prosecutes this appeal.

¶2The issues presented in this case are the same that were deceided to-day in the case of the State v. Abe Malone (No. 22838) 76 South. 790.1

¶3For the reasons assigned in the decision of that case, the judgment appealed from is annulled, and it is ordered that this case be remanded to the district court to be proceeded with according to law and to the views expressed in the opinion referred to.

¶4 Ante, p. 331.