Police Jury ex rel. New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad v. Succession of McDonogh
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Kennedy, J. filed the following brief: The plaintiffs claim $417, which they allege to be due to them for the amount of a tax assessed on the defendant’s real estate lying within their jurisdiction.
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Appeal from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Kennedy, J. filed the following brief: The plaintiffs claim $417, which they allege to be due to them for the amount of a tax assessed on the defendant’s real estate lying within their jurisdiction. This tax was assessed by the plaintiffs, in pursuance of an act of 12th March, 1852, entitled “An act providing for subscriptions, by the parishes and municipal corporations of this State, to the stock of corporations undertaking works of internal improvement, and for the payment and disposal of the stock so subscribed.” On an examination of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSlidell, C. J.
On the 12th March, 1852, an Act was passed by the legislature of this State, entitled, An act providing for the subscription by the parishes and municipal corporations of the State, to the stock of corporations undertaking works of internal improvement, and for the payment and disposal of the stock so subscribed. It is in these words :
*352“ Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana in General Assembly convened, That it shall be lawful for p0jjce jurjes an(j Municipal Corporations of this State to subscribe to the stock of corporations…
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