Legal Opinion

Whatley v. La Salle Parish School Board

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 17, 1924No. 26359PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Thirtieth Judicial District Court, Parish of La Sálle; E. E. Jones, Judge. Suit by J. E. Whatley and others against La Salle Parish School Board. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

ST. PAUL. J.

The-appeal herein taken is so manifestly frivolous that counsel for defendant, appellant here, has neither appeared to argue his appeal nor filed a brief to urge a reversal of the judgment below.

[i-3] The case has been stated and disposed of by the trial judge in an able and interesting opinion, which we now adopt as the opinion of this court, to wit:

“The plaintiffs "bring this suit-to have set aside and declared null and void a school tax *800voted in ward 5, school district No. 16 on the 23d day of August, 1923. Plaintiffs contend that the tax was illegally carried, as there was no…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Rubens v. HodgesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  2. Sylvestre v. St. Landry Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  3. Babnew v. LinnemanCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1987
  4. Shautin v. Board of Com'rs of St. Landry-St. Martin Gravity Drainage Dist. No. 1Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
  5. White v. Livingston Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927

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