Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Police Jury of Parish of Tangipahoa
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 22, 1929No. 29582Published
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The police jury of the parish of Tangipahoa, on the petition of certain property owners, created and provided for the organization of a drainage district styled “Gravity Drainage District No. 3,” composed of lands wholly situated in the said parish. The district is about six miles in length extending north and south, its southern boundary being Gravity drainage district No. 1.
Immediately following the ordinance creating the district, a proposition was submitted to the property owners to incur debt and to issue bonds in the sum of $150,000 to run 30 years, the proceeds of the bonds to be used…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Myles Salt Co. v. Board of Comm'rs of Iberia and St. Mary Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Shaw v. Board of Com'rs of Bayou Terre-Aux-Bœufs Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Hulin v. Road Dist. No. 4Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927