Roberts v. Evangeline Parish School Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Evangeline; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Action by N. D. Roberts and others against Evangeline Parish School Board. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1DissentO-’Niell, C. J.
The court’s ruling in this case is confined to the effect of the 60 days’ prescription, or limitation. There is no ruling on the question whether the Act 152 of 1920 is violative of those provisions of the state Constitution which seem opposed to the idea that the Legislature may extend the jurisdiction of a parish school board-, or of a parish school superintendent, beyond the territorial limits of the parish. Therefore I shall not express an opinion as to whether the statute is violative of the state Constitution.
The majority opinion, from which I dissent, maintains that the Constitution of…
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