Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co. v. Pecot
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court, the Parish of St. Mary. Allen, J.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
Plaintiff corporation owns and operates a railway extending through the parish of St. Mary, Louisiana.
Trouble arose over the assessment of its property in said parish for taxation for the year 1897, and this suit is the sequel.
The parties litigant are as wide apart as to the nature and character of the action as they are in respect of the judgment that should be rendered.
The plaintiff insists that the complaint is not of an over-assessment, but of a void assessment; that it is not a suit to reduce an assessment,…
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