Guillory v. Avoyelles Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Tenth Judicial District, Parish of Avoyelles — Edwards,
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
This action seeks to have declared void a levy of special taxes in favor of defendant company.
The tax assailed is a five-mill tax for ten years — from 1895 to 1904, both inclusive — upon the taxable property in the Parish of Avoyelles.
The object of the tax was to secure the construction of a railway through the parish.
The railway was constructed, is now in operation and has been for the last several years.
The position of defendants is that the tax in aid of the railway enterprise was duly petitioned for by one-third of the property…
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