Case Name: Charles SLAY, Jr., Assessor For Rapides Parish, La. v. LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY and Louisiana Tax Commission
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-06-14
Citations: 526 So. 2d 869
Docket Number: No. W88-565
Parties: Charles SLAY, Jr., Assessor For Rapides Parish, La. v. LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY and Louisiana Tax Commission.
Judges: Before FORET, LABORDE and YELYERTON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 526
Pages: 869–869

Head Matter:
Charles SLAY, Jr., Assessor For Rapides Parish, La. v. LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY and Louisiana Tax Commission.
No. W88-565.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
June 14, 1988.
Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, PLC, Hilton S. Bell, John W. Colbert, Mary G. Holmes, New Orleans, for defendant/applicant.
Robert H. Abbott III, Baton Rouge, for defendant/respondent.
Bernard Kramer, Alexandria, for plaintiff/respondent.
Before FORET, LABORDE and YELYERTON, JJ.

Opinion:
WRIT DENIED: There appears to be no. error in the trial court's judgment maintaining venue in Rapides Parish; as LSA-R.S. 47:1998 specifically gives taxpayers and assessors the right to bring suit, and regulates the procedure for bringing suit, including venue. Dow Chemical Co. v. Pitre, 421 So.2d 847 (La.1982).