Board of Com'rs of Bayou Terre-aux-Bœufs Drainage Dist. v. Baker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Bernard; Robert Emmet Hingle, Judge. Action by the Board of Commissioners of the Bayou Terre-aux-Boeufs Drainage District against Earl R. Baker.. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The purpose of plaintiffs in instituting this suit was to have it decreed that the proceedings were conducted in due and regular form; that they are in every respect legal, and the bonds are valid.
There is no dispute and no ground of dispute as to the facts. The demand of plaintiffs is clearly stated, and the defense is set forth in the answer with some particularity.
Whether a tax of five mills on all assessable property in the plaintiff district, and another tax of three cents per acre on every acre of land within its limits shall be levied for 40 years, beginning with 1908, for the purpose…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Vail v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Esteves v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Board of Com'rs for Bayou Terre Aux Bœuf Drainage Dist. v. BakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Buard v. Board of Com'rs of Portage Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
3Cited by2 opinions
- Shaw v. Board of Com'rs of Bayou Terre-Aux-Bœufs Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Badger-Louisiana Land Co. v. EstopinalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918