Louisiana A. Ry. Co. v. School of Webster Parish

Plaintiffs (taxpayers) seek to annul a certain parish wide tax of 2 mills on the dollar, voted September 23, 1923, for giving additional support to public schools, on two grounds:(1) That in the Heflin school district special taxes had already been levied amounting to 25 mills on the dollar; which (they allege) is the constitutional limit for all special taxes (citing- Const. 1921, art. 10, § 10, p. 85).(2) That, in any event, there had already been levied forgiving additional support to public schools, special taxes of 20 mills in the Heflin school district, 10 mills in the Hortman school…