Legal Opinion
Gretna Exchange & Savings Bank v. Marrero
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 23, 1915No. 20952Published
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Prentice E. Edrington, Judge. Action by the Gretna Exchange & Savings Bank against L. H. Marrero, Sheriff and ex officio Tax Collector.. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The crucial question involved in this litigation is stated in plaintiff’s brief as' follows:
“The Gretna Exchange & Savings Bank brings this action to enjoin the sheriff of the parish of Jefferson from seizing its property for the parish taxes of 1913, on the ground, that said property is situated within the incorporated limits of the city of Gretna, and for that reason owes no parish tax because of the provisions of Act 138 of 1856.”
The facts are stated in plaintiff’s brief as follows:
“Both sides admit that the city of Gretna was incorporated on the 17th and organized on the 24th of May,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Felix v. WagnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887