Parish Board of School Directors v. City of Shreveport

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

The plaintiff sues for the amount claimed to be due by defendant under the provision for the support of public schools *1311made on the annual budgets of the city of Shreveport for the years from 1881 to 1891, and alleged to have been collected. The defence is, the city was under no obligation to levy any taxes for schools, hence is not bound for the amounts budgeted, and prescription is also pleaded.

This controversy was before this court previously on the exception of no cause of action. On the issue then presented of the liability of a political…