Police Jury v. Hebert
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of West Baton Rouge, Burk, J. cited Bull, and Curry’s Digest, p. 776. s. 1. Ibid. 515, ss. 3, 4. Police Jury v. Bullitt, 8 Mart. N. S. 323. Police Jury v. Fluker, 1. Rob. 389. 1 Pothier, Oblig, 666. Civil Code, art. 3508.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Slidell, J.
The plaintiffs seek to make the defendant, a former shei-iff of the parish, liable for the amount of taxes on certain suits. The lists of suits exhibited commence with dates as early as the year 1832, and run to September, 1843. The only witness examined was the clerk ofthe District Court, who went imto office in June, 1835; and who states that while he remained in office *150he regularly delivered every year to the sheriff the list of taxable suits. The testimony of this witness does not cover all the cases, the taxes for which are sued for;…
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