Doss v. Board of Com'rs of Mermentau Levee Dist.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; James E. Barry, Judge ad hoc. Action by W. L. Doss and others against the board of commissioners of Mermentau levee district. Judgment ‘for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiffs are owners and taxpayers within the limits of the levee district sought to be organized by Act 79, p. 192, of 1904, which has passed out of existence.
They sue to restrain, the defendants from organizing into a board of commissioners, and to restrain them personally from enforcing any part of the statute cited s.upra, upon the ground that it is unconstitutional.
They attack the statute for unconstitutionality on a number of grounds.
They alleged, and introduced testimony proving, that they are taxpayers, and that the enforcement of the law , will be detrimental to their property…
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