Third Ward School District v. City Board of School Directors

In all these cases the question presented for decision is, which of two corporations, the city hoard of school directors or the ward school districts of the city of New Orleans, created by the same statute of the General Assembly, has the paramount power over the public schools in the city of New Orleans and the moneys appropriated for their maintenance 9

The appellees contend that section fifty-seven gives the primary and exclusive control to the ward school districts of the city of New Orleans, and that section fifty-four limits the powers of the city hoard of school directors to such powers…