Marquez v. City of New Orleans

Plaintiff contracted with the city of New Orleans to level, grade and shell a tract twenty feet wide, on Claiborne street, on the north side of the middle ground or promenade of said street, from St. Bernard Avenue to the Elysian Fields street, in the third district of the city, at the rate of $2 46 per running foot.

The contract was performed by plaintiff, and his work was accepted by the city authorities.

In payment of the work, the city delivered to plaintiff several bills made by the street commissioner and attested by the comptroller, against the property owners on the north side of said…