Legal Opinion
Yeatman v. Crandall
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 15, 1856PublishedCited by 5 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court, Tenth District, Parish of Madison, Snyder, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Spoffokd, J.*
The plaintiff seeks to enjoin tho collection of a levee tax, on the ground that the statute authorizing it is unconstitutional, null and void.
The Act referred to is the “ Act forming a levee district, to be composed of the parishes of Carrol], Madison and Catahoula, for the better protection of the same from inundation,” approved March 18th, 1852, (Sess. Acts, p. 284,) amended March 25th, 1853, (Sess. Acts, p. 44), and repealed as to Catahoula April 28th, 1853, (Sess. Acts, p. 203.)
The 2d section of this Act provided “ that for the purpose of building or making and repairing all…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Worsley v. Second MunicipalitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Des Moines & Mississippi Levee District No. 1 v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Stansell v. Levee Board of Miss., Dist. No. 1District Court, N.D. New York · 1881
- Lima v. Cemetery Ass'nOhio Supreme Court · 1884