State ex rel. Arkansas Southern R. v. Knowles
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lincoln; Robert Brooks Dawkins, Judge. Application by the state, on the relation of the Arkansas Southern Railroad Company and others, for a writ of mandamus to George Knowles, assessor, and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
MONROE, J.
It appears from the record in this case that in December, 1897, agreeably to article 242 of the Constitution of 1879, and to Act No. 35, p. 44, of 1886, and Act No. 153, p. 191, of 1894, the taxpayers of the parish of Lincoln voted a special, annual tax of five mills, for 10 years, on the assessed valuation of the property of the parish, in aid of the construction of a railroad; it being stipulated, in the petition calling for the election, that the tax should be levied and collected in the same manner as other taxes assessed in the parish, and paid over to the railroad…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bennett v. Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
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