Lebeau v. Police Jury of Pointe Coupee Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Pointe Coupee; Joseph E. Le Blanc, Jr., Judge. Action by J. Lelio Lebeau for mandamus to the Police Jury of Pointe Coupee Parish. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a mandamus suit to compel the defendants to meet and appoint a property taxpayer as a member of the board of supervisors of'road district No. 1 of the parish of Pointe Coupee, in order that said board as thus constituted .under the terms of Act 199 of 1916 may be able to incur debt and issue bonds as authorized at the election held on August 16, 1916, and commanding the police jury and each member thereof to take all proper and necessary steps to carry out the provision's of said statute.
The defendants answered that said act is null, void, and of no effect because violative of article…
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