Board of Com'rs for Bayou Terreaux-boeufs Drainage Dist. v. Randolph
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; J. Porter Parker, Judge. Action by the Board of Commissioners for the Bayou Terre-Aux-Boeufs Drainage District against George H. Randolph. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit to compel the defendant to take and pay for certain drainage bonds based on acreage taxes issued by the Board of Commissioners of the Bayou Terre-Aux-Boeufs Drainage District.
Defendant admits the contract, but avers that the bonds were issued contrary to several provisions of the laws on the subject-matter.
The objection that the acreage tax was voted and levied for a term . of 40 years instead of for each year was sustained by the trial judge, and the plaintiff has appealed.
Article 281 of the Constitution of 1898 empowered municipal corporations and drainage districts, when…
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