Louisiana Western R. v. Village of Duson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court,-Parish of Calcasieu; Winstone Over-bell, Judge. Suit by the Louisiana Western Railroad Company against the Village of Duson. From judgment denying injunction, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Plaintiff brought this suit to enjoin the sale of its property by the defendant for the general municipal taxes of the year 1915, upon the following grounds, to wit:(1) Because the said tax was not levied at a regular meeting of the board of aldermen of said village, as provided by section 35 of Act 136 of 1898, under which defendant is chartered, but was levied at a special meeting of said board.(2) In the alternative, if the ordinance levying said tax was not illegal for the reason just stated, it was void because not adopted by a yea and nay vote, as required by section 33 of said act.(3)…
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