Legal Opinion
Gulf Public Service Co. v. Louisiana Tax Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 2, 1929No. 29441PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
On July 6, 1927, the plaintiff, Gulf Public Service Company, acquired by purchase from the city of Crowley a certain electric lighting and water plant and distributing system which, prior to that date, had been owned and operated by that municipality.
In August, 1927, the Louisiana tax commission issued an order to the assessor of the parish of Acadia to place upon the assessment rolls for that year, at a valuation of !p3SS,025, the plant in question.
The present suit has for its object the annulment of the order of the Louisiana tax commission, and the cancellation and erasure .of the…
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