Louisiana College v. State Treasurer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM TKB COURT OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. Upon the application of the trustees of the College of Louisiana, a mandamus was served upon the defendant, requiring him to show cause why he should not pay to the applicants a sum of money to which they conceived them. selves entitled, under an act of the legislature. Upon hearing, the rule was discharged, and the trustees appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Porter, .1.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The 834th article of the Code of Practice, enacts that a mandamus may be directed to public officers to compel them to fulfil any of the duties attached to their office, or which may be legally required of them.
The College of Louisiana conceiving itself entitled to a certain sum of money, under a legislative grant, to be paid out of the State Treasury, applied to the officers at the head of that department, for the sum which the applicants conceived due. He refused to pay it, and they obtained a rule from the court below, under the article…
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