New Orleans Taxpayers' Protective Ass'n v. Sewerage & Water Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thos. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by the New Orleans Taxpayers’ Protective Association and others against the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiffs, an alleged incorporated association of taxpayers, complains as follows: That in 1899 the taxpayers of New Orleans petitioned for the levy of a special tax of 2 mills per annum, for 43 years, for the following purposes: (1) The acquisition, in the name of the city, by construction, purchase, or both, of a system of waterworks, the extension of the same throughout the city, including the Eifth district, and the purification of the water; (2) the construction throughout the city, inclusive of the Fifth district, of a free sewerage system, with free…
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