Police Jury v. Mayor of Morgan City
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; W. C. Baker, Judge. Suit by the Police Jury of the Parish of St. Mary against the Mayor and Oouncilmen of Morgan City. From a judgment dismissing the suit, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The police jury of St. Mary parish sues the mayor and councilmen of Morgan City for $2,759.67, which it is alleged the city agreed to pay as its share of the criminal expenses of the parish for the year 1917 in lieu of a tax.
[1] A police jury can, of course, act only by ordinance; and the only ordinance alleged, or offered in evidence, for showing any action on the part of the police jury for entering into this alleged contract is one adopted in 1907, by which a tax of 2% mills was imposed on all property situated within the parish, for paying the criminal expenses of the parish for the year…
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