Shannon v. Morgan City Harbor & Terminal District

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs, taxpayers of St. Mary Parish residing within the boundaries of the Morgan City Harbor & Terminal District, are appealing from a judgment dismissing on the merits their suit (1) to have declared unconstitutional Act 530 of 1952, as amended by Act 428 of 1956 (RS 34:321-332), creating the District as a political subdivision of the state; (2) to have annulled any and all proceedings of the District pursuant to a resolution adopted by its governing authority on February 25, 1957, wherein it proposed to issue and sell bonds totalling $200,000 for acquiring,…