Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Road District No. 505 of Tangipahoa Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 15, 1969No. 50244PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
In this suit, brought against Road District No. 505 of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and also against the Police Jury and certain named officials of such parish, Strick Chambers challenges the validity or legality of a bond and tax election called by the governing authority of the Road District and held on June 7, 1969.
The plaintiff is a non-property owning resident, but a qualified elector of the parish; and, as such, he represents (besides himself) others of a class similarly situated. In his petition it is urged that he and the other members of the class were discriminated…
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