State ex rel. Stern's Fertilizer & Chemical Manufacturing Co. v. City of New Orleans

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

The City of New Orleans appeals from a judgment rendered against her, ordering the cancellation of the taxes and tax inscriptions in her favor and against Stern’s Fertilizer and Chemical Manufacturing Company for the’years 1880 to 1888, inclusive. The cause of action of the relator is based upon the amendment to Article 207 of the State Constitution adopted at the late general election, and officially promulgated May 12,1888. Article 207 as it originally stood in the Constitution of 1879, exempted from taxation and license for ten years the…