Drouin v. Board of Directors of Public Schools
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; A. J. Lafargue, Judge. Action by George L. Drouin and others against the Board of Directors of the Public Schools of the Parish of Avoyelles. Prom judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerahlle, J.
Plaintiffs, property owners and taxpayers of school district No. 50 in the parish of Avoyelles, attack the action of the board of directors of the public schools of that parish whereby said school district No. 50 was created. They also attack the validity of the election ordered by said board as held in said district, by which the rate of taxation on the property in that district was increased for school purposes.
There was judgment in favor of defendant, and plaintiffs have appealed.
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