Mayor of New Iberia v. Weeks

Citations

• 104 La. 489

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. The authority to impose the burden of the construction and repair of sidewalks and curbings upon abutting property not being expressly conferred at the present time by the law and the charter of the corporation of New Iberia, nor derived from the terms of the same by necessary implication, a municipal ordinance directing such imposition is ultra vwes and void.</p> <p>On Rehearing.</p> <p>Consideration will be extended to municipal corporations with respect to the errors of omission and commission of their representatives, and particularly where a question, presented as to one citizen and property holder, exists as to all Oder holders of real estate within the corporate limits, and should, therefore, be determined upon the basis of a rule which will bear equally upon all.</p>