Wight v. Police Jury of Parish of Avoyelles
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Four suits by Pearl Wight, as receiver of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, against the Police Jury of the Parish of Avoyelles, La., and others, against the Police Jury of the Parish of Natchitoches, La., and others, against the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, La., and others, and against the Police Jury of the Parish of St. Landry, La., and others.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Four suits by Pearl Wight, as receiver of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, against the Police Jury of the Parish of Avoyelles, La., and others, against the Police Jury of the Parish of Natchitoches, La., and others, against the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, La., and others, and against the Police Jury of the Parish of St. Landry, La., and others. From adverse judgments, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
The receiver of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company instituted suits against the police juries of the parishes of Avoyelles, Natchitoches, St. Randry, and Rapides, to restrain the collection of taxes in road districts in the parishes named. The allegations of the several bills present the same major issues.
Due Process of Daw — Notice and Hearing.
The cases depend upon construction of provisions of the Constitution and statutes of Rouisiana authorizing creation of road districts and the levy of taxes and issue of bonds by the districts, and upon a determination of whether…
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