Jacob v. Mayor and Bd. of Trustees of City of New Iberia

Plaintiff, a resident and property owner of the city of "New Iberia, brought this suit to enjoin the municipality from selling his property in order to enforce the collection of a special assessment for street paving. He admitted owing a special -assessment on a designated portion of his property, but the defendant refused to accept payment for anything less than the amount of the special assessment on the entire property. Plaintiff deposited in bank to the credit of the defendant the amount which he admitted to be due on the special assessment and the amount due for city taxes. The court…