Town of Abbeville v. Police Jury of Vermilion Parish

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiff, the Town of Abbeville, brought this suit against the Police Jury, the sheriff and ex officio tax collector and the assessor of the Parish of Vermilion, seeking to annul the four-mill parochial tax levied by the Police Jury of Vermilion Parish for the year 1942 upon properties within the limits of the Town of Abbeville. In the alternative, the plaintiff asked for the tax to be declared excessive and unconstitutional to the extent of two mills if the court should hold section 6 of Act 103 of 1850 ineffective. The defendant answered, setting forth various grounds…