Dupuy v. Police Jury of Parish of Iberville

Citations

• 115 La. 580
• 39 So. 627
• 1905 La. LEXIS 703

Syllabus

<p>1.Parishes — Police Jury — Erection oe ■ Courthouse — Judicial Control.</p> <p>Whether a police jury, in undertaking to build a new courthouse upon a new site at the parish seat, is acting wisely or unwisely, in view of the alleged suitableness of the old site and the alleged probability that such action will at some future time involve the building of a new jail, is a question which presents nothing upon which this court can act, since the discretion vested in the police jury in such matters is not subject to judicial control.</p> <p>2. Same — Inconsistent Ordinances — Repeal.</p> <p>An ordinance declaring that a courthouse shall be built upon one lot at the parish seat, being inconsistent with a previous ordinance declaring the purpose to build on another lot, the previous ordinance is to that extent repealed by implication.</p> <p>3. Same — Police Jury — Meeting-.</p> <p>A police jury may meet in special session, when it is deemed necessary, upon the call of the president or otherwise; notice of such meeting being given to the members.</p> <p>4. Same — Removal oe Courthouse.</p> <p>If a courthouse is established in a town, the corporate limits of which are thereafter enlarged, a change in the location of the building to the center of the town as enlarged is not a removal of the courthouse such as to require a special election to be held.</p> <p>5. Same — Parish Tax — Dedication oe Surplus-Term.</p> <p>A dedication by ordinance of a policy jury of two mills of the estimated surplus of the parish tax, without specification as to the number of years for which the tax is dedicated, is controlled by Rev. St. § 2449, and Act No. 32, p. 39, of 1902, to the extent that it must continue for 10 years, if necessary for the payment of the debt to which it is dedicated, and cannot continue beyond that time.</p> <p>6. Same — Public Improvement — Contract.</p> <p>Where a police jury undertakes a work of public improvement, such as the building of a courthouse, for which it i