State ex rel. Houston v. City of New Orleans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DeBlanc, J.

James D. Houston, the sheriff of the Criminal Court and keeper of the prison of the parish of Orleans, applied for and *83■obtained — from the Superior Criminal Court, a writ of mandamus directing- I. G. Brown, and J. C. Denis, the first as administrator of accounts, the other as administrator of finance of the city of New •Orleans, to pay him — for fees and expenses of his office — the sum of •eleven thousand five hundred twenty four dollars and ten cents.

From that decree, those officers and the city have appealed. They contend:

1. That the…