Salt dome ruling stands, parish benefits
St. Landry Assessor Rhyn Duplechain was convinced he was right and, armed with an initial supporting ruling from now-retired Dist. Judge Ellis Daigle of Eunice, stuck to his case.
Last week, the Louisiana Supreme Court essentially said he, and Daigle, were right, in the belief that salt domes used as natural gas storage caverns are an improvement to land, and taxed at 15 percent of assessed value, rather than the 10 percent for unimproved land.
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