Lower Terrebonne Refining & Manufacturing Co. v. Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Axipeal from Twentieth District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; Louis P. Caillouet, Judge. Action by the Lower Térrebonne Refining & Manufacturing Company and others against the police jury of the parish of Térrebonne and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The validity of a special election held in a drainage district for the voting of a tax and the issue of bonds is contested in this case by taxpayers of the district, on two grounds:
First, that the notice of the election was not published for full 30 days as was necessary ; and, second, that the vote of Mr. R. R. Barrow, which changed the result of the election, was cast before the time fixed by the statute for the opening of the poll, and before any one of the commissioners of election had reached the polling place.
The notice of the election was required to be published “in the official…
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