United States ex rel. Louisiana Const. Co. v. City of New Orleans
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
Application for a Writ of Mandamus to compel the common council to include relator’s judgment within the budget for this year.
1Opinion of the CourtBillings, J.
Two points of objection are made by the attorney for the city.
1. That relator’s judgment is not final and executory. This objection involves the construction of the act known as No. 5of the acts' of the legislature of Louisiana in 1870. Up to the time of the passage of this act writs of fieri jadas ran from the state courts against the city .of New Orleans. This act abolished that writ, and substituted therefor the registration of the judgment with the comptroller of the city, and payment *538by appropriation by the common council in the order of registration. Section 1 takes from creditors the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wolff v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Arrowsmith v. DurellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
- Saloy v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
- State ex rel. Carondelet Canal & Navigating Co. v. Mayor of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1878
- In re the Cancellation of the Bonds of IsaacsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
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- State ex rel. Gentry v. Mayor of Village of DodsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909