Legal Opinion

New Orleans Cotton Exchange v. Board of Assessors

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1885No. 9412PublishedCited by 11 opinions

APPEAL from tlie Civil' District Court for the Parish of Orleans. RigUtor, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment refusing to reduce the assessment of its real estate from $310,000 to $200,000, which is alleged to be its cash value and at which it should have been listed under Sec. 25 of Act 96 of 1882.

The assessment is of the lot and building known as the “ Cotton Exchange,” in this city, and of a strip of ground adjoining it.

The witnesses heard are auctioneers, the Treasurer and an employee of the company.

Their testimony is conjectural. They express the opinion that the main property is not worth more than two…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hammond Lumber Co. v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1930
  2. Somers v. City of MeridenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
  3. Singer Manufacturing Co. v. City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1909
  4. Chiasson v. DuplechainLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
  5. Industrial Lumber Co. v. OdenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920

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