Legal Opinion
Patterson v. City of De Ridder
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 26, 1958No. 43973PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff, Nye Patterson, a duly qualified voter and property owner of DeRidder, Louisiana, is appealing from a judgment dismissing, on defendant’s exception of no cause of action, his suit attacking the legality of a special election held in that city on August 27, 1957, under a call issued by the City Council on July 8, 1957, as well as the promulgation of the results of that election on August 29, 1957, wherein the property owners purportedly authorized, in sufficient numbers and assessed valuation, (1) the City of DeRidder to issue (a) revenue bonds totalling…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Reeves v. Globe Indemnity Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Messersmith v. MessersmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Breaux v. LairdSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Roy O. Martin Lumber Co. v. Saint Denis Securities Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- Dowling v. Orleans Parish Democratic CommitteeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Johnson v. Sewerage District No. 2 of Parish of CaddoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
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- Rozas v. Evangeline Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Dupre v. City of HoumaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Lemelle v. City of OpelousasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
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