Legal Opinion
Tenth Ward Road Dist. No. 11 v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1926No. 4587PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court, dismissing appellant’s bill of complaint. On May 24, 1917, the receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company filed an ancillary bill in the receivership proceedings, then pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, against the police jury of the parish of Avoyelles, the tax collector of the parish, and the boards of supervisors of certain road districts thereof. The bill attacked the validity of the proceedings creating seven of the road districts in said parish and of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Meyers v. BlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Baker v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Wight v. Police Jury of Parish of AvoyellesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1919
- McCaleb v. Fox Film Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
- Carnes v. Atkins Bros.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Texas Beef Cattle Co. v. GreenTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- United Motors Service, Inc. v. Tropic-Aire, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union v. Donnelly Garment Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Greenwood County v. Duke Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
- Giordano v. TullierLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
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