Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. v. Madere
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Charles; Prentice E. Edrington, Judge. Action for an injunction by the Louisiana Railway &. Navigation Company against A. Madere, Sheriff and Ex Officio Tax Collector. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
By Act No. 16, p. 19, of 1904, the General Assembly submitted to the electors of the state a proposed constitutional amendment, reading, in part, as follows, viz.:
“There shall be exempt from taxation for a period of ten years from the date of its completion, any railroad or part of railroad that shall have been constructed and completed subsequently to January 1, 1905, and prior to January 1, 1909.”
*637This' proposed amendment was adopted at the general election holden on November 8, 1904.
It is admitted that the plaintiff company has earned this exemption by the construction and operation of its…
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