Burdin v. Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Martin; James Simon, Judge. Action by J. J. Burdin against the Police Jury of St. Martin Parish and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff, a property owner and taxpayer, residing in the parish of St. Martin, brought this suit to have an election decreed a nullity.
The election was held by the voters in the Second ward of that parish, and the purpose of levying the tax was to construct a canal from a point on one of the streams in the eastern part of the parish to the town of St. Martinville.
The taxpayers of the ward signed a petition addressed to the police jury, asking that body to call an election in order to have it determined whether or not a majority of the property taxpayers, in number and amount, having the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Andrus v. Board of PoliceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
3Cited by1 opinion
- Frazier v. Board of DirectorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923