Town of Marksville v. Worthy

Citations

• 123 La. 432
• 49 So. 11
• 1909 La. LEXIS 724

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (§ 605*) — Police Power — Gambling.</p> <p>Playing cards for money has not been denounced as unlawful by the statutes of this state, except when such gambling is carried on in or in view of a public highway or street. A ■town charter which contains no delegation of power to suppress gambling, but confers merely the right “to remove nuisances,” does not warrant the enactment of an ordinance penalizing the playing of cards for money in any and all places within the corporate limits.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other eases, see Municipal Corporations, Cent. Dig. § 1338; Dec. Dig. § ■605.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>