Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. v. Mayor of Coushatta
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Red River; Samuel Jamison Henry, Judge. Mandamus by the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company against the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Coushatta and others; Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
This is an application for a mandamus by the plaintiff, which alleges that it is the legal successor of the Shreveport & Red River Valley Railway Company, a corporation organized to build and operate a railroad in the state of Louisiana, and that said Shreveport & Red River Valley Railway Company is now dissolved and has been succeeded by plaintiff, who now owns all its rights, property, and estates for a valuable consideration.
That the property taxpayers of the town of Coushatta, on September 23, 1897, voted a special tax of five mills on the taxable…
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