Ex parte Travers

Decided December 15, 1848

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1848-12-15

<p>The jurisdiction of the Supreme .Court as to fines under $300 in amount, imposed by municipal corporations, is limited to .cases jn which the constitutionality or legality of the fine is contested.</p>

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently November 1952

3 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1848-12-15

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¶1The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slid el i,, J.

¶2This court having jurisdiction as to the constitutionality or legality only of fines imposed by municipal corporations, and it not appearing that such questions are proposed to be, ,or could b.e .examined upon appeal in this case, (see Third Municipality v. Blanc, 1 An. 385,) it is therfore ordered that the application for a writ of mandamus j.n this case be dismissed, with costs to be paid by the applicant.*

¶3A similar rule taken by one Grow, was.dismissed at tlio samo time, and for thosamo reasons. If.