Pyle v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiffs, one a citizen and taxpayer of the City of Shreveport and the others of the two areas involved in this litigation, are appealing from a judgment of the lower court dismissing their suit to have Municipal Ordinance No. 158, (adopted pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 315 of 1946) wherein certain territories in the Country Club and Werner Park sections were sought to be annexed to and made a part of the city, annulled and vacated and the proposed extension of the city limits to include these areas denied.
It appears that a petition, signed according to the certificate of the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shirk v. Lancaster CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
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- Weeks v. HetlandNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1925
- Layton v. Mayor of MonroeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- Edwards v. Town of PonchatoulaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
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