BARBE v. CITY OF LAKE CHARLES

No. 39095.

45 So.2d 62 (1949)

216 La. 871

BARBE et al. v. CITY OF LAKE CHARLES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing February 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patin & Patin, Robert R. Stone, Lake Charles, John I. Fowler, Sulphur, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Selby & Hickman, James A. Leithead, Russell H. Van Norman, J. B. Holloman, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

On November 8, 1946, the city council of the City of Lake Charles adopted Ordinance 701, Commission Series, providing for the enlargement of the corporate limits of that city under the provisions of Act No. 315 of 1946. Within the 30 days before the ordinance became effective under the act, four separate suits contesting the extension were filed by residents of that city or of the territory proposed to...

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