Hill v. Fontenot

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

The plaintiffs in these consolidated eases resist the payment of the taxes for levee purposes, levied by the Board of Commissioners of the Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou Boeuf Levee District, under the authority of the legislative act No. 79 of 1890, amended by act No. 46 of 1892. This legislation provides in the sixth section for the tax authorized by Art. 214 of the State Constitution, to be levied by the board on all property in the district liable to taxation for levee and drainage purposes, and the tenth section of the act empowers the…