Tremont Lumber Co. v. Police Jury of Winn Parish

The police jury of Winn parish organized a road district embracing the whole parish and, being authorized by a vote of a majority of the property taxpayers, issued bonds for $1,000,000. The amount of the bonds maturing in 1925, with interest due on the whole debt, was $79,400, and the cost of remittance was $350. The police jury was required by section 14 of article 14 of the Constitution and section 35 of Act 46 of Ex. Sess. 1921, p. 58, to levy a special tax sufficient to pay the amount falling due that year. The total value of all of the property assessed for taxes in that year was…