Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co. v. Lafleur
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Evangeline; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Suits by the Crowell & Spencer Lumber Company, by the Pawnee Land & Lumber Company, and by the Forest Lumber Company against Adraste Lafleur, Assessor, and others. From judgments for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The suits were consolidated in the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
In three suits, tried separately below, but consolidated in this court, the Crowell & Spencer Lumber Company, the Pawnee Land & Lumber Company, and the Forest Lumber Company seek to have their tax assessments for the year 1914 annulled, or, at any rate, corrected. The parties made defendant to the suits are the assessor, the sheriff, the police jury in its quality of board of reviewers, and the state board of equalizers.
The assessments are null, say the plaintiffs, because in classifying the lands the assessor did not exercise his judgment, but followed instructions given him by the police…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Page v. KiddSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Tensas Delta Land Co. v. FergusonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Travelers' Ins. v. Board of AssessorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Merchants' Mutual Insurance v. Board of AssessorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
- Bertron, Griscom & Jenks v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co. v. WordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- G. R. McKinney Co. v. Louisiana Tax CommissionLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
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