Legal Opinion
Klees v. Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 19, 1912No. 19,468PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Bernard; R. Em-met Hingle, Judge. Suit by John Klees and another against the Police Jury of the Parish of St. Bernard. From a judgment for defendant dissolving an injunction, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
Plaintiffs, taxpayers of the parish of St. Bernard, have enjoined the police jury of that parish from adopting the budget prepared by it and published for the year 1912. Plaintiffs’ ground is that said budget contains various items, such as cannot legally form part of said budget. The said budget reads as follows:
“The Budget.
“On motion of Mr. Rene Estopinal, seconded by Mr. Nick Fernandez, be it resolved by the police jury of the parish of St. Bernard, that the following budget of probable expenses for the year 1912 be and the same is hereby fixed as follows, to-wit:
Sheriff * *…
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