City of New Orleans v. Fisher
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. This suit was commenced by a hill brought by Mrs. M. M. Fisher, joined and authorized by her husband, John Fisher, of Cuba, and citizens of the kingdom of Spain, against the city of New Orleans; and In said bill it was alleged that she recovered a judgment in this honorable court against the board of school directors, a 'corporation created by the laws of the state of Louisiana, and a…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. This suit was commenced by a hill brought by Mrs. M. M. Fisher, joined and authorized by her husband, John Fisher, of Cuba, and citizens of the kingdom of Spain, against the city of New Orleans; and In said bill it was alleged that she recovered a judgment in this honorable court against the board of school directors, a 'corporation created by the laws of the state of Louisiana, and a citizen thereof, in the sum of more than $10,000,. as more fully appears by the record of said suit; “that your oratrix…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). There are 14 assignments of error on the part of the city of New Orleans, many of which are argumentatively stated, but which we will consider in order, disregarding those argued in the briefs, but not specifically assigned.
The first assignment of error is as follows:
“It was error for the court to decree judgment against the city for any pari of the ¡axes of 1871, for the reason that the evidence shows that no part of complainant’s claims arose during the year 1871; and, further, that the act of the legislature which directed the city to impose a special…
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- Gasquet v. Board of DirectorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893
- Fisher v. Board of DirectorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
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