Rathbone v. Parish of St. James

Lucien Malus and one hundred and forty-four other persons, claiming to be taxpayers of the parish of St. James, appeal from the judgment which plaintiff recovered against the parish of St. James for seventy-seven hundred dollars and ordering a tax to be collected for its payment.

The motion of plaintiff to dismiss this appeal must prevail, because ■appellants have failed to allege or show that they have a pecuniary in*325terest in the suit exceeding ñve hundred dollars. There is no affidavit showing- that they are taxpayers, and in the petition for appeal they do not allege an appealable interest.

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