Bankins v. Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Action by Benjamin H. Banking against the police jury of Calcasieu parish and B. E. Miller. Suit dismissed, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit against the police jury of the parish of Calcasieu and B. E. Miller, a member of said body, for damages alleged to have been occasioned to plaintiff and his minor son by the giving way of a public .bridge over Little river.
The petition alleges that a special road tax of three mills on the dollar had been levied and collected on all the property in Ward Eight of said parish, and the proceeds thereof placed at the disposal of the said Miller as police member.
The petition charges that said defendant Miller willfully neglected and failed, for personal and political reasons, to keep…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sherman v. Parish of VermillionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- King v. Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857
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- Strahan v. FussellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
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