Foster v. Iberia, St. M. & E. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by J. Warren Foster and others against the Iberia, St. Mary & Eastern Railroad Company and others. Rule to show cause why an order should not be granted for the opening of ballot boxes was granted, and plaintiff moved for an appeal, which was denied, and thereupon applied for writs of mandamus and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Relators have applied for writs of mandamus to the trial judge, ordering him to grant a suspensive appeal from an interlocutory order rendered in the above-entitled suit, which is one contesting the validity of a special election held on June 23, 1910, to take the sense of the property taxpayers of the Third ward, parish of St. Mary, on the question of levying a tax of five mills in favor of the Iberia, St. Mary & Eastern Railroad Company.
It appears that the defendant presented a petition to the trial judge, alleging that the plaintiff, among other averments putting at issue the legality and…
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