Myles Salt Co. v. Board of Com'rs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia; James Simon, Judge. Action by the Myles Salt Company against the Board of Commissioners of the Iberia & St. Mary Drainage District. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BREAUX, O. J.
This action was brought by plaintiff, the owner of property surnamed Island, for a. judgment annulling and setting aside an ad valorem tax of five mills for 50 years. The record consists of a petition by plaintiff and an exception of no cause of action by defendants, in which defendants set forth in detail the different grounds upon which they rest their defense.
The grounds of plaintiff, as set forth in its petition, are, substantially, that the defendant drainage district was organized years ago to drain the lowlands between the Island of plaintiff and the Teche Bayou; that, in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- DeGravelle v. Iberia & St. Mary Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Bernard v. Bayou Portage Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
3Cited by3 opinions
- Shaw v. Board of Com'rs of Bayou Terre-Aux-Bœufs Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Duffy v. PeneguySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Dusenbury v. Board of Com'rs for St. Tammany Drainage Dist. No. 2Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938