Badger-Louisiana Land Co. v. Estopinal
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Ninth. Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Bernard; R. Em-met I-Iingle, Judge. Suit by the Badger-Louisiaria Land Company against Albert Estopinal, Sheriff of the Parish of St. Bernard, and others, to have certain acreage taxes set aside and to restrain the collection of certain other taxes, in which the Whitney Central Trust Savings Bank intervened. Judgment for defendants, and intervener, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment rejecting his demand for an injunction to prevent the defendant from collecting taxes for the drainage of his lands in St. Bernard parish, and to have declared invalid a 3-cent, a 6-cent and a 16-cent acreage tax for the year 1916, on various grounds.
The validity of the tax referred to and the bonds issued therefor have been before the court on several occasions.
In the case of Board of Commissioners of Bayou Terre Aux Bceufs Drainage District v. Baker, 124 La. 216, 50 South. 16, it was held that the 3-cent acreage tax was legal and binding.
In the later case…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Shaw v. Board of Com'rs of Bayou Terre-Aux-Bœufs Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Godchaux Co. v. EstopinalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Board of Com'rs of Bayou Terre-aux-Bœufs Drainage Dist. v. BakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
3Cited by2 opinions
- Godchaux Co. v. EstopinalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Gulf Refining Co. v. TillinghastSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922