SAUNDERS v. SHAW

No. 472.

244 U.S. 317 (1917)

SAUNDERS v. SHAW AND THE BOARD OF DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS OF THE BAYOU TERRE-AUX-BOEUFS DRAINAGE DISTRICT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wm. Winans Wall for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Frank L. Richardson, with whom Mr. Frank Soule was on the brief, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit for an injunction against the collection of a drainage tax. The drainage district had issued bonds payable out of the tax and the plaintiff in error who held some of these bonds was allowed to intervene in defence. At the trial the plaintiff offered evidence to show that the land taxed was outside of the levee system that the drainage commissioners were building, that it would receive no benefit...

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