State ex rel. McCune v. Board of School Directors

This is a mandamus proceeding by a resident and taxpayer of the parish of Jefferson to compel the board of *1009school directors and the assessor of said parish to cancel and erase, from the assessment rolls for the year 1922 and subsequent years a special tax of 1% mills levied by the board of school directors for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of $400,009 public improvement school bonds under the authority of a vote of the majority of the property tax paying electors of school district No. 1, embracing the whole parish. The obligation was incurred for the purpose of building…