Town of Donaldsonville v. Police Jury of Ascension Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; Paul Léche, Judge. Action by the town of Donaldsonville against the police jury of Ascension parish. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
BREAUX, C. J.
The town of Donaldson-ville was incorporated by Act No. 339, p. 212, of the General Assembly of the year 1900. To the town were delegated the powers usually delegated to a municipal corporation, and the first section of the act of incorporation provides that the police jury of the parish of Ascension shall not impose any taxes or licenses within the corporate limits of the town on condition that this corporation shall pay all criminal expenses incurred in the town, and its proportion to*17ward the support of public schools and maintenance of the public…
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