LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY CO. v. RED RIVER WATERWAY DISTRICT

No. 54440.

300 So.2d 488 (1974)

LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RED RIVER WATERWAY DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Carmody & Peatross, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellants.

Robert G. Pugh, Pugh & Nelson, A. Mills McCawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Clarence L. Yancey, Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.


TATE, Justice.

In this suit, the plaintiff railroad companies seek recovery of 1970 taxes paid under protest. In a companion suit decided this date, we denied recovery of 1969 taxes sought for identical reasons. Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company v. Goslin, 300 So.2d 483.

For the reasons there set forth, we reject the plaintiff's claim. We affirm the trial court's dismissal of this suit, at the cost of the plaintiff...

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