City of Alexandria v. Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; James Andrews, Judge. Suit by the City of Alexandria and others against the Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Ben F. Thompson, and others. There was a judgment for complainant, and citizens, property owners, and taxpayers of the parish appeal. On motions to remove from the preference docket, and to dismiss appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Remove from Preference Docket.
PROVOSTY, J.
On the ex parte application of the appellants, this ease was ordered to be transferred to the preference docket, as involving a public interest, under section 3 of rule 10 (67 South, ix). Appellees now move that said order be rescinded, and, in the alternative, ask that a motion which has been filed to dismiss the appeal be heard and disposed of in advance of the merits, in view of the very great probability of the said motion having to be sustained.
The facts are that, prohibition having been voted in the parish of Rapides at an election…
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