Legal Opinion
Harrel v. Winn Parish School Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 21, 1949No. 39360PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
This suit was instituted on February 11, 1949, by a citizen and taxpayer of the Town of Winnfield, Louisiana, to have declared null and void the action taken by the Winn Parish School Board on May 2, 1947, in adopting a resolution enlarging the Winnfield School District so as to embrace and overlap an existing school district (in contravention of Act No. 152 of 1920, as amended by Act No. 190 of 1936) having an outstanding bonded indebtedness of $98,-000, with the result that the district as previously constituted will be subject to an ad valorem tax in excess of 10% of its…
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