Stafford v. Twitchell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, parish of Bed Biver. Pierson, J. First — The correctness of the ruling of the lower court, refusing the application for removal to United States Court, should be tested, where no evidence was offered on the trial of the application, on the allegations contained in the petition.
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APPEAL from the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, parish of Bed Biver. Pierson, J. First — The correctness of the ruling of the lower court, refusing the application for removal to United States Court, should be tested, where no evidence was offered on the trial of the application, on the allegations contained in the petition. Second — The allegations contained in the petition are not sufficient to entitle the defendant to a removal of the case to the Federal Court, because there is no allegation that there is involved in this case a controversy which is wholly between citizens of…
1Opinion
• On the Merits.
The nullity of the tax sale is claimed on various grounds affecting the proceedings for both the assessment and collection of the tax. A brief review of some of the principal provisions of the law touching the assessment and collection of taxes will be a useful introduction to the-consideration of these questions.
Act No. 42 of 1871 was the law governing the assessment.
The tax collector i's required to serve upon the taxpayers printed or written notices, requiring them to make a statement of the objects of taxation owned or controlled by them. Sec. 23/
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