BOARD OF COM'RS OF LA., ETC. v. ALL TAXPAYERS

No. 6319.

355 So.2d 578 (1978)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL POWER COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALL TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND CITIZENS of the State of Louisiana (including particularly the Citizens of the Municipalities of Franklin, Morgan City, Natchitoches and Opelousas, the Creators of the Louisiana Municipal Power Commission) and Non-Residents owning Property or Subject to Taxation therein, and all other persons interested in or affected in any way by the Issuance of Electric Revenue Bonds of the Louisiana Municipal Power Commission, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Granted February 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aycock, Horne, Caldwell, Coleman & Duncan by Jack C. Caldwell and James R. McClelland, Franklin and Lippman, Hunter & Rawls by Alfred L. Lippman and Nicholas LaRocca, Morgan City, for defendants-appellants.

Foley, Judell, Beck, Bewley & Landwehr by William Beck, New Orleans, Watson, Murchison, Crews & Arthur by Daniel Murchison and William P. Crews, Jr., Natchitoches, Dale Hayes, Morgan City, Cox, Osborne and Michaelis, John W. Cox, New Orleans, Salvador Diesi, Richard B. Millspaugh, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX, WATSON, GUIDRY and FORET, JJ.


WATSON, Judge.

The defendant taxpayers1 have appealed from a trial court judgment in favor of plaintiff, the Board of Commissioners of the Louisiana Municipal Power Commission (LAMPCO). The trial court cast LAMPCO for costs, and plaintiff has answered the appeal, asking that the trial court judgment be amended to tax all costs to defendants.

The governing bodies of four Louisiana cities, Morgan City, Franklin, Opelousas and Natchitoches...

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