Regard v. Police Jury of Avoyelles
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; Gregory Horatio (pouvillon, Judge. Action by Fereol Regard and others against the police jury of Avoyelles. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This suit was instituted on the 18th of October, 1905.
The purpose of plaintiff in instituting it was to set aside a special election held in the First precinct of the Ninth Ward of the parish of Avoyelles.
On the petition of the property taxpayers, the police jury of the parish ordered a special election to determine whether a special tax of 10 mills for 10 years should be levied for the erection and maintenance of a high school at Cotton Port.
The election was held. The result was promulgated by the board of supervisors of the parish of Avoyelles on the 19th day of July, 1905, and it shows…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bennett v. StaplesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
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