United States ex rel. Siegel v. Board of Liquidation

SPEER, District Judge.

Henry Siegel, a citizen and subject of the empire of Germany, presented to the circuit court for the Eastern district of Louisiana this petition for a writ of mandamus: *490The petition averred that he had obtained judgments in that court against the city of New Orleans for the sum of $21,008.36, and that these were payable out of the revenues of the city of New Orleans for the year 1879, and out of the surplus of any subsequent years, pursuant to the terms of section 3 of Act No. 30 of the Statutes of Louisiana for the year 1877. He further avers that under the terms of…