Morris v. Municipal Gas Co.

Citations

• 121 La. 1016
• 46 So. 1001
• 1908 La. LEXIS 786

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal Corporations — Taxpayers’ • Action — When Lies.</p> <p>Taxpayers have as such no standing in court to contest an ordinance of the city council ■on the ground that it violates the vested rights of a corporation in which they have no legal interest.</p> <p>They have no standing in court as property owners, unless and until danger of injury to their property rights becomes actual and real. Code Prac. art. 15.</p> <p>’2. Electricity — Electric Companies — Use oe Streets.</p> <p>This case, so far as the “legality” of the ordinance contested is concerned, is governed ■•and controlled by the decision in Strohmeyer v. Consumers’ Electric Company, 111 La. 509, 35 South. 723.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>