Gooden v. Police Jury of Lincoln Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lincoln; Robert Brooks Dawkins, Judge. Suit by J. W. Gooden and others against the Police Jury of Lincoln Parish and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
The plaintiffs alleged that they are residents, citizens, and taxpayers-of ward 1, Lincoln parish; that about the month of January, 1908, one-third or more of the citizens and taxpayers of ward lr Lincoln parish, La., who were authorized to vote under the Constitution and laws of this state, petitioned the police jury for Lincoln parish to order a special election for said ward of said parish to vote upon a proposition of levying a special ad valorem tax of five mills on the dollar upon all the assessable property in said ward, for the purpose of aiding in the building and construction of the…
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