Daigle v. Opelousas, G. & N. E. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Action by Edward Daigle and others against the Opelousas, Gulf & Northeastern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiffs, as property owners- and taxpayers, entitled to vote, seek to annul a certain special tax of five mills, for ten years, claimed to have been voted by a majority of the taxpayers of the Third justice ward of the parish of Acadia, in aid of the defendant railroad company.
The election was held in June, 1905, and the returns were promulgated by the police jury of the parish of Acadia. The taxes were not to be levied until after the completion and operation of the defendant’s railroad through said Third justice ward.
The railroad was completed and operated in the year 1907, and the…
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