Peck v. Board of Directors of Public Schools for Parish of Catahoula
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Catahoula; R, J. Wilson, Judge. Suit by W. S. Peck and others against the Board of Directors of the Public Schools for the Parish of Catahoula. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiffs sue to annul an election held for voting a school tax. They contend that the proceedings were irregular, and, in the alternative, that a majority of *337the legal property votes were against the tax. They are appellants. No brief has been filed by the .defendant school board, appellee.
[1] Only one irregularity is alleged,- namely, that the ballot used at the election did not correspond with the resolution ordering the election; that, whereas the resolution declared that the tax was to be levied “for the purpose of giving additional aid tb the public schools of said district, or to…
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