Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. R. & S. S. Co. v. White
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Prentice E. Edrington, Judge. Consolidated suits by Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company, the Union Seed & Fertilizer Company and others, and the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and others against W. J. White and others. Prom a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, defendants appeal!
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
[1] The city of Gretna was incorporated under the provisions of Act 136, p. 224, of. 1898, which is the general statute providing for the incorporation of municipalities.
This statute authorizes the municipality incorporated under its provisions to levy taxes, and requires them to be levied on the basis of the parish assessment, and to be collected by the parish tax collector at the time and in the manner provided by law for state and parish taxes. It fixes September of each year as the date on which the levy should be made.
The city of Gretna was incorporated on May 17, 1913, and its…
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