Brock v. St. James Parish Council

BOUTALL, Judge.

Within sixty days of an election submitting to the voters of St. James Parish a proposition permitting the Parish to impose a sales tax of 1% and authorize issuance of bonds, Henry J. Brock, a registered voter and tax payer brought this election contest. Brock’s suit is based upon two major grounds: First, it is alleged that there was improper publication of the election notice and that the notice was published in a paper unqualified to serve as the official journal of the parish; second, the validity of the tax itself is questioned because it will not be uniformly collected…