Reed v. Norman-Breaux Lumber Co.

The appellant, the N'orman-Breaux Lumber Company, filed its bill in the chancery court, praying an injunction against the tax collector of Adams county to prevent the collection of certain swamp land taxes of thirteen cents per aere, levied by the board of supervisors at the instance of the commissioners of the Homochitto swamp land district, contending that said levy was void, that a second bond issue for drainage purposes, before a precedent issue had been fully paid, was void and without authority. The maximum amount allowed to be taxed for this purpose under the law was fifty cents per…