Furlow v. Guillot
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; A. J. Lafargue, Judge. Action by L. M. Furlow and others against Amet Guillo’t, Sheriff, and L. M. Ducote, Assessor. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal and plaintiffs move to dismiss appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
SOMMERVILLE, J.
[1] Under the provisions of article 214 of the Constitution of 1879, the General Assembly was authorized to divide the state into levee districts, and to provide for the appointment of levee commissioners in the districts, who were to have supervision of the erection and maintenance of the levees in said districts; and it was further authorized to “levy.a tax not to exceed five mills on the taxable property situated in the alluvial portions of said district subject to overflow.” In 1884, the article was amended so as to give to the levee…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- Adler, Goldman & Co. v. Board of AssessorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
- Kock v. TricheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Gillis v. Clayton, AssessorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
- Tebault v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
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