Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Citizens Bank of Louisiana v. Board of Assessors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 8, 1895No. 11,861PublishedCited by 6 opinions
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
The Citizens Bank, in pursuance of a provision in its charter, demands that certain assessments against its property be canceled.
The defendant Board of Assessors contend that the same issue is now pending before the Circuit Court of the United States between the same parties and pleads lis pendens. The board urges also as a defence that the Act No. 40 of 1874, granting an extension to the bank of its charter, is unconstitutional, being in violation of the Constitution of 1868, and that the bank by voluntarily adopting the provisions of Act…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The People v. . Commissioners of Taxes and AssessmentsNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- St. Louis, I. M. & S. Railway v. LoftinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1875
3Cited by6 opinions
- New Orleans v. Citizens' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- FEEDERS'SUPPLY CO. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
- Penrose v. ChaffraixSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Louisiana v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Insurace Co. InvestmentsPennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · 1939
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