Bush v. Berard

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

The assessor of the parish of St. Martin assessed the property of plaintiffs, situated in said parish, at certain valuations, in which plaintiffs, though dissatisfied, acquiesced. Subsequently, the police jury, acting as a board of reviewers under authority of sections 23 and 24 of act 98 of 1886, revised the assessment rolls, and made certain increases in the valuation of plaintiffs’ property.

The object of the present action is to correct and reduce these assessments.

The petition is lengthy, and nob only assails the assessments as excessive,…