Legal Opinion
Bell v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 10, 1958No. 43699PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
F.OURNET, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs, citizens and taxpayers of the City of Shreveport, are appealing from a judgment dismissing their suit against the City and against Dozier B. Webster, the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of Caddo Parish, seeking judgment decreeing the nullity and illegality of the City’s Ordinance No. 79 of 1956, under which certain local improvement assessments were made, and ordering the cancellation and erasure from the Parish mortgage records of any and all assessments against them or their property made pursuant to said ordinance.
The City Council of the City…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kelly v. ChadwickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- City of Shreveport v. Shreveport Traction Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Palmer v. Mayor and Board of AldermenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
3Cited by4 opinions
- West Calcasieu Port, Harbor & Terminal District v. Cajun Marine Services, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Landry v. Parish of East Baton RougeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Pleasant v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Ammen v. City of PinevilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964