Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co. v. Town of Oakdale
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Allen; Winston Overton, Judge. Suit by the Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company and others against the Town of Oak-dale to set aside an ordinance extending the town's corporate limits. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
[1] The Bowman-I-Iicks Lumber Company, Forest Lumber Company, Sabine River Lumber & Logging Company, and Industrial Lumber Company brought this suit (into which Robert Thiele came as an intervener, joining the plaintiffs), praying that an ordinance of the town of Oak-dale, whereby it proposes to extend its corporate limits so as to include certain propertiés belonging to them, respectively, be decreed unreasonable, and hence unauthorized. The intervention was dismissed on exception, and the intervener 'has not appealed. The demands of the plaintiffs were rejected, and this appeal is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- New Orleans & N. W. R. v. Town of VidaliaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Mayronne v. KeeganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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