Cain v. Vernon Parish School Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicials District Court, Parish of Vernon; John H. Boone, Judge. Action by J. A. Cain and others against the Vernon Parish School Board to contest the result of a school election. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs1 appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
This suit presents a contest between certain taxpayers of Belle View school district No. 31, in Vernon Parish, and the school board of that parish, over the result of a school election held July 3, 1917.
There was judgment in favor of defendant, sustaining the validity of the election and the tax levy thereunder, and plaintiffs have appealed.
Plaintiffs attacked the validity of the election on several grounds, but have presented only two points for consideration in this court, viz. that the commissioners of elec*745tion were not sworn, and that the list of voters and their property valuations was…
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- Elkins v. Board of School DirectorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Capps v. Parish Board of School DirectorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
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