State ex rel. Orr v. City of New Orleans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

In a petition filed by him in the Civil District Court, on November 30, 1896, relator averred that he was a citizen and taxpayer of the city of New Orleans, and the father of two children of school age, who were dependent upon the public schools of that city for an education, and who were attending said schools. That through lack of sufficient appropriation of public money from the public treasury of said city by the City Council of New Orleans to the school fund of said city for the year 1896, the School Board of said city had declared…