Louisiana A. Ry. Co. v. School of Webster Parish

These consolidated suits were instituted by plaintiffs for the purpose of annulling a special tax of 2 mills on the dollar, voted by the duly qualified property tax payers of a school district, composed of the entire parish of Webster, on the assessed value of all property subject to taxation therein.

The first suit instituted was the one filed by the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company. This suit seeks to annul the tax on the ground that it increases the special taxes on property in the Heflin School district, beyond 25 mills on the dollar, in violation of section 10 of article 10 of the…