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SMITH v. ASCENSION-ST. JAMES BRIDGE & FERRY AUTHORITY

No. 45721.

131 So.2d 902 (1961)

241 La. 806

Harold C. SMITH, Eddie E. Esneault, Fernand Oubre and Alfred Rodrigue, Sr. v. ASCENSION-ST. JAMES BRIDGE AND FERRY AUTHORITY and the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 29, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strickland & Cole, Port Allen, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Benton & Moseley, Baton Rouge, Harry Booth, Shreveport, Glynn A. Long, Donaldsonville, Caldwell, Marshall, Trimble & Mitchell, New York City, D. Ross Banister, Philip K. Jones, Glenn S. Darsey, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

SANDERS, Justice.

Plaintiffs, as qualified electors and taxpayers, instituted suit to enjoin the Ascension-St. James Bridge and Ferry Authority and the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana from carrying out a conjoint plan for the construction of a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at Donaldsonville, Louisiana. They attack a contract entered into between the defendants, whereby the Department of Highways is to contribute $5,350,000 toward the construction...

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