Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Ascension Red Cypress Co. v. New River Drainage Dist.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 31, 1921No. 24019PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; Philip XT. Gilbert, Judge. Mandamus proceedings by the State on the relation of Ascension Red Cypress Company against the New River Drainage District and others.

1Opinion of the CourtO’Niedl, J.

Defendants appeal from a judgment rendered in a mandamus proceeding, commanding the board of commissioners of the defendant drainage district to pay a judgment held by relator, and, if necessary, to levy a special tax for that purpose. The judgment appealed from is in the following language, viz;

“It is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the alternative writ of mandamus herein issued be made peremptory, * * * commanding the said respondents to pay to said relator the amount of the judgment rendered in suit No. 2518, being the sum of $5,379.34, with interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent,…

2Cited by13 opinions

Penny v. BowdenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
Foster v. TaylorSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
Ascension Red Cypress Co. v. New River Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
Bullis v. Town of JacksonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
Ernest M. Loeb Co. v. Avoyelles Drainage Dist. No. 8District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1945

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