Case Name: State ex rel. J. M. Ferguson vs. Charles D. Caffery, Mayor of Lafayette
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1897-04-12
Citations: 49 La. Ann. 1152
Docket Number: No. 12,388
Parties: State ex rel. J. M. Ferguson vs. Charles D. Caffery, Mayor of Lafayette.
Judges: Milleb, J. I concur in the decree.
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 1152–1158

Head Matter:
No. 12,388.
State ex rel. J. M. Ferguson vs. Charles D. Caffery, Mayor of Lafayette.
The constitutionality of Act No. 90 of the Session Acts of 1896 upheld.
The authority for its enactment is derived from the terms of Art. 209 of the State Constitution, and the act is not within the restrictions of Art. 46 of that instrument.
Quoad the purpose for which it was passed, the act is held to he a further and legitimate means of rendering effective the grant of power contained in Art 209 under which works of public improvement may be undertaken.
APPEAL from the Seventeenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Lafayette. DeBaillon, J.
Joseph F. Walton and Henry R'enshaw for Plaintiff, Appellee.
Charles D. Caffery, Defendant, in propria persona, Appellant.
Argued and submitted on original hearing February 17, 1897.
Opinion handed down April 12, 1897.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by Nicholls, C. J., and handed down April 12, 1897.