Tax Payers of Webster Parish v. Police Jury

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Plaintiffs sued to set aside an election at which the question of levying a five mills tax for ten years in aid of a railroad was submitted to a vote of electors having the right to vote.

The first ground is that the railroad had not been legally incorporated at the time the petition calling for the election was signed, and at the time the election was called.

The facts, as related to this point, are that the charter of the railroad was recorded on October 28th, 1897. Afterward, the Police Jury passed the ordinance calling the election.

The…