Ficklin v. New River Drainage Dist.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh. Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; Paul Leche, J udge. Suit by W. J. Picklin and others against the New River Drainage District of the Parish of Ascension. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiffs, resident taxpayers of Ascension parish, and within the New River drainage district of that parish, allege that a special election has been held in said drainage district for the purpose of levying special taxes and issuing bonds in connection with certain propositions looking towards the draining and improvement of that district. They ask that the proclamation calling for the election, the *205election itself, and the promulgation of the returns thereof be decreed to be illegal, null, and void because of alleged illegalities, irregularities, and fraud, as set forth at length in their…
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