Legal Opinion
McCune v. White
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 8, 1915No. 21101PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Prentice E. Edrington, Judge. Action by Ella McCune and others against William J. White, Tax Collector, and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
LAND, J.
[2] The judgment below was based on the alleged unconstitutionality of the part of section 35 of Act No. 136 of 189S, reading as follows:
“The mayor and board of aldermen of a city, town, or village may, at a regular or special meeting, to be held in September or October in each year, increase or diminish the valuation of property as assessed for taxation.”
As the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 85 of the present Constitution extends to “all cases wherein * * * a law of this state has been declared unconstitutional,” it follows -that this court has…
2Cited by3 opinions
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