State ex rel. Carondelet Canal & Navigating Co. v. Mayor of New Orleans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marr, J.

Relator recovered judgment against the city of New 'Orleans, which was registered on the fourth of February, 1875, in the office of the Administrator of Public Accounts, as required by acts of 1870, No. 5, section two, and No. 7, sections four and nine.

These acts make it the duty of the auditing officer, the Administrator of Public Accounts, when a judgment is so registered, to warrant on the disbursing officer, the Administrator of Finance, for the amount without any special appropriation, provided there be money in the treasury, designated…