Town of Minden v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Transferred from Court of Appeal, Second Circuit. Proceedings by the Town of Minden against D. W. and E. L. Stewart and Alberta Glass. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appealed to the Court of Appeal of the Second Circuit, which, on the ground of its want of jurisdiction, transferred the cases to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The town of Minden proceeds against the several defendants under Act 147 of 1902, p. 261, for the collection of taxes or local assessments for the paving of sidewalks abutting the premises of the defendants. There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and against defendants, from which judgment defendants appealed to the Court of Appeal of the Second Circuit, which court has transferred the cases to this court for want of jurisdiction in said court.
Tha defendants here move the court to remand the cases to the Court of Appeal on the ground that this court is without jurisdiction; the amount…
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