Godchaux Co. v. Estopinal
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TÓ THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP LOUISIANA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
By petition filed in the District Court, St. Bernard Parish, plaintiff in error sought to restrain collection of an acreage tax assessed against its lands not susceptible of gravity drainage. Invalidity of the tax was alleged upon the ground that no statute of Louisiana authorized it and also because its enforcement would produce practical confiscation and take property without due process of law contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment. . Answering, defendant in error asked dismissal of the petition, claiming the tax was properly assessed and also that an amendment to Article 281 of. the…
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