Hubert v. Vial
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Charles; Ered A. Middleton, Judge. Suit by J. M. Hubert and others against Leon C. Vial, sheriff, and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
A number of plaintiffs, owners of different tracts of land, have joined in this suit for resisting the payment of a special assessment levied upon their said lands by the subdrainage district No. 4 of the St. Charles municipal drainage district.
[1] The authority for the organization of said subdrainage district and for the levy of said assessment is derived from Act 227 of 1914, amending Acts 219 of 1912 and 317 of 1910. The plaintiffs contend that said act is unconstitutional because it embraces two objects, namely, drainage and reclamation, in violation of article 31 of the Constitution,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Crow v. Board of Sup'rs of Road Dist. No. 19, Parish of NatchitochesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Morgan's L. & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. Tax CollectorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Ficklin v. New River Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913