Chopin v. Freeman

Plaintiff, a resident and taxpayer of ward 10 of the parish of Natchitoches, in- November, 1910, instituted suit to annul a special election held in said ward on September 6, 1910, for the purpose of taking the sense of the qualified voters of said ward as to whether a special tax of five mills for five years should be levied in aid of the public schools in said ward, on the ground of alleged nullities in the proceedings, which may be briefly stated as follows:(1) That the petition upon which the police jury acted in ordering the election was not signed by a sufficient number of qualified…