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· 12/13/1909

Daigle v. Opelousas, G. & N. E. Ry. Co.

Citations

  • 124 La. 1047
  • 50 So. 846
  • 1909 La. LEXIS 589

Syllabus

<p>Pakishes — Public Aid to Cobdohations — “Wabd.”</p> <p>Under article 270 of the Constitution of 1898, the police jury is without power to order an election for special taxes in aid of a railway enterprise in a justice.of the peace ward forming a part of a regular parish ward. The “ward” mentioned in said article is the political subdivision of the parish commonly called a “police jury ward.”</p> <p>Provosty, J., dissenting.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

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Judges: Land, Provosty, See, South

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