City of New Orleans v. Macheca

Citations

• 112 La. 559
• 36 So. 590
• 1904 La. LEXIS 435

Syllabus

<p>INTOXICATING LIQUORS — SALE — PERMIT FROM CITY COUNCIL — CONSENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS — STATUTE—CONSTITUTIONALITY.</p> <p>1. Section 21 of the city charter of 1896 (Acts 1896, p. 55, No. 45), providing that the council shall not grant any privilege for the opening of any barroom, saloon, etc., except on the petition of a majority of the bona fide householders or property holders within 300 feet of the proposed location, etc., was a constitutional exercise of a legislative power, and a city ordinance passed pursuant to said section is not illegal, as conferring arbitrary powers on the householders or property holders and on the city council to grant or refuse applications for the privilege in particular localities. See Black ou Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 37, 45, 47; Ex parte Christensen, 24 Pac. 747, 85 Cal. 208; Crowley v. Christensen, 137 U. S. 80, 11 Sup. Ct. 13, 34 L. Ed. 620.</p> <p>Monroe, J., dissenting.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>