City of Shreveport v. Dantes
Citations
- 118 La. 113
- 42 So. 716
- 1906 La. LEXIS 842
Syllabus
<p>1. Municipal Corporations — Ordinances— Police Regulation.</p> <p>Plaintiff’s charter contains the grant of power to regulate by general ordinance the use of sidewalks, streets, and public ways, and to keep the same free from obstructions.</p> <p>2. Same — Hucksters and Peddlers.</p> <p>An ordinance, reasonable in terms, may require hucksters and peddlers, who sell small articles of merchandise of limited value, such as cakes and candies, in the streets and other public places, not to loiter and be in the way.</p> <p>3. Same — Reasonableness oe Ordinance.</p> <p>All who carry on business in the public streets can be required to carry on their business in conformity with the rules of “propriety, good neighborhood, and good manners.” Blackstone.</p> <p>An ordinance to that end relating to a class is neither unreasonable nor discriminative.</p> <p>4. Same — Ordinance Not Prejudicial to Trade.</p> <p>Reasonably enforced, the ordinance is an incentive to industry and not in restraint of trade.</p> <p>5. Same — Enforcement.</p> <p>The matter of the manner of its enforcement is not before the court.</p> <p>6. Same — Ordinance Legal.</p> <p>It is not unconstitutional.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
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