Elkins v. Board of School Directors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourth District Court, Parish of Union; J. B. Holstead, Judge. Action by JohnN. Elkins and others against the Board of School Directors of the Parish of Union. Prom a decree for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
MONROE, C. J.
Plaintiffs, as citizens and property holders of school district 34, of Union parish, brought this suit to have declared void a certain special tax election, held in that district, and have the school board enjoined from levying and collecting the tax, and they obtained judgment as prayed for, from which the defendant board appealed. Plaintiffs now move to dismiss the appeal, upon the grounds that the amount involved is less than $2,000, and that the tax is not one imposed, or sought-to be imposed, by a municipal corporation.
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