Legal Opinion
Capital City Oil Co. v. Day
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 31, 1920No. 22707PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. J. Brunot, Judge. Proceedings by the Capital City Oil Company against Robert B. Day and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The Pontehartrain levee district was created by Act 95, p. 99, of 1890. Its limits are fixed by this same act as follows:
“That all that part of the parish of East Baton Rouge, lying south of the city of Baton Rouge, and * * * shall constitute a levee district,” etc. Section 1.
By Act 1G9, p. 327, of 1898, the southern) boundary of the city was moved 1,000 feet further south. Thereby a part of plaintiff’s property was brought within the city limits; and the question is as to whether it has been taken out of the levee district, so as to be no longer subject to the district taxes.
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2Cited by3 opinions
- State ex rel. Collins v. RooneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
- Capital City Oil Co. v. DaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
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