William T. Joyce Co. v. Police Jury of Parish of Tangipahoa
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Suit by the William T. Joyce Company and another against the Police Jury of the Parish of Tangipahoa and others.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
In .February-April, 1917, the police jury of Tangipahoa parish created a road district, named road district No. 1, under authority of article 291 of the Constitution and Act 1S3 of 1914, and, assuming to act as the governing authority of said road district, held an election and levied a tax of 10 mills for 10 years in said district, for road purposes. At that time Act 199, p. 448, of 1916, was in force, which took away from the police jury the government of road districts, and vested it in a board of supervisors. Said election was therefore held and tax levied without authority; and this is…
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