Connell v. Commission Council

Plaintiff, an elector and taxpayer of the city of Baton Rouge, alleges that said city, in violation of its charter, and of the laws of this state, has, in the past, granted to the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company the right to use and occupy parts of Front and Natchez streets in that city, and partially to obstruct those streets with buildings for its own use, without first submitting the question of making those grants to the property taxpayers, at an election called for that purpose, as required by Act 79 of 1896. He further alleges, that the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad…