Case Name: Mrs. L. J. Dupre vs. Board of Police of Opelousas et als.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1890-07
Citations: 42 La. 802
Docket Number: No. 1388
Parties: Mrs. L. J. Dupre vs. Board of Police of Opelousas et als.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 42
Pages: 802–803

Head Matter:
No. 1388.
Mrs. L. J. Dupre vs. Board of Police of Opelousas et als.
A tax payer who petitions for the passage of an ordinance levying a special tax; who has so acted in advancement of his own interest, and who has secured advantage from the passage of the ordinance, upon which other parties have acted, is estopped from setting up the illegality and unconstitutionality of the tax as a defence against paying it.
APPEAL from First Justice of the Peace, First Ward, Parish of St. Landry. Brooks, J.
Kennett Bwillio and Laurent Dupré for Plaintiff and Appellee.
W. 8. Frazee for Defendant and Appellant.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bermudez, O. J.
The facts alleged in support of the motion to dismiss are not established by the transcript which contains the motion of appeal and order therein and the bond furnished thereunder seasonably. The transcript was filed in due time.
The motion to dismiss is overruled.
On the Merits.
This case presents the same issues determined in the suit of Andrus vs. Board, 41 An. 697, with the single difference that the plaintiff here did not vote, but she signed the petition. This is enough to estop her.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be annulled, avoided and reversed, and it is now ordered and decreed that there be judgment in favor of defendant, dissolving the injunction .and rejecting plaintiff's demand at her cost in both courts.