Legal Opinion

State ex rel. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. v. Heard

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 16, 1895No. 11,856PublishedCited by 43 opinions

APPEAL from the Oivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. King, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Relators seek by mandamus to compel the respondents to comply with and perform their plain ministerial duties, which are designated in the Concurrent Resolution of the General Assembly, known as Act 182 of 1894, directing the Auditor to warrant, and the Treasurer to pay, the amounts claimed by them, out of the surplus interest fund of 1889.

Relators base their claims upon a contract made and entered into by them, with the Board of Liquidation, representing the State of Louisiana, on the 26th of December, 1886, and renewed on the 3d of June,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
  2. Norton v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Kendall v. United States Ex Rel. StokesSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  4. Poindexter v. GreenhowSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  5. Board of Liquidation v. McCombSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Threadgill v. Cross, Secretary of StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  2. Lockyer v. City and County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Summerell v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  4. State ex rel. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Board of EqualizersSupreme Court of Florida · 1922
  5. Dore v. TugwellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955

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