Legal Opinion

Ficklen v. City of New Orleans

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 10, 1920No. 23484PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. ThSard, Judge. Action by Mrs. John R. Ficklen against City of New Orleans and others. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, C. J.

This is an action for the cancellation of an assessment of $32,150 for state and city taxes of 1918. on certain shares of stock owned by plaintiff, in corporations other than banking companies or associations, organized in states other than Louisiana.

[1] The facts are undisputed, and the question for decision is whether any tax has been imposed upon such shares by the law of this state. The district court, following the last decisions of this court, handed down something more than 12 years ago in the cases of Chassaniol v. Board of Assessors, 120 La. 777, 45…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Louisiana v. PilsburySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Tennessee v. WhitworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. People ex rel. Burke v. BadlamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
  4. McHenry v. DownerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  5. State ex rel. Louisiana Imp. Co. v. Board of AssessorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lionel's Cigar Store v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927

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