Coguenham v. Avoca Drainage Dist.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Charles A. O’Neil, Judge. Action by Manuel Coguenham against the Avoca Drainage District and another. Erom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Manuel Coguenham, the plaintiff, owns lands situated within the limits of subdrainage district No. 1 of the Avoca drainage district. He brings this suit against the commissioners of the said drainage district and the sheriff of the parish of St. Mary, where said drainage district is situated, to enjoin the issuance by said commissioners of $300,000 of bonds for said subdrainage district, and the collection by the sheriff of an acreage tax of $1.15 per acre levied by said commissioners upon the lands of said subdrainage district to pay the first year’s interest upon the said bonds.
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