Case Name: State of Louisiana et al. vs. Henry S. Crozier
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1898-02-21
Citations: 50 La. Ann. 245
Docket Number: No. 12,516
Parties: State of Louisiana et al. vs. Henry S. Crozier.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 50
Pages: 245–249

Head Matter:
No. 12,516.
State of Louisiana et al. vs. Henry S. Crozier.
In case, by the term of a criminal or a ^«aj/'-criminal statute, it is made the mandatory duty of the Attorney General to enjoin persons from violating its provisions, such injunction can not be suspended upon the defendant furnishing bond. That would be, in effect, granting to the defendant leave to continue its violation pendente lite.
A PPEAL from the Oivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J.
M. J. Cunningham, Attorney General, for the State; F. C. Zach.arie for the Commissioner of Agriculture, Plaintiffs, Appellants.
Walter H. Saunders, Saunders & Miller, for Defendants, Appellees.
Argued and submitted February 12, 1898.
Opinion handed down February 21, 1898.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
The grounds stated in appellees' motion are (1) that no appeal has been taken; (2) that even if an appeal has been taken, the order herein appealed from is not appealable.
As we consider this motion, on account of the exceptional character of the controversy, as really an answer to the appeal, we will consider same with the merits, as was done on the argument.