New Orleans v. Fisher
Supreme Court of the United States
CEETIOEAEI TO THE CIB0UIT COUET OF APPEALS FOE THE FIFTH CIBOUIT. This was a bill filed by Mrs. M. M. Fisber, joined and authorized by her husband, John Fisher, citizens of the Kingdom of. Spain, May 11, 1896, against the city of New Orleans, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of.
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CEETIOEAEI TO THE CIB0UIT COUET OF APPEALS FOE THE FIFTH CIBOUIT. This was a bill filed by Mrs. M. M. Fisber, joined and authorized by her husband, John Fisher, citizens of the Kingdom of. Spain, May 11, 1896, against the city of New Orleans, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of. Louisiana, which alleged — ■ “ That she recovered a judgment in this hon. court against the board of school directors, a corporation created by the laws of the State of Louisiana, and a citizen thereof, in the sum of more than ten thousand dollars, as more fully appears by the record…
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Chief Justice Fullee,
after making the above státement, delivered the opinion of the court.
Fourteen errors were assigned in the Circuit Court of Appeals, which were considered and disposed of seriatim: Many of these alleged errors raised questions not within the exceptions to-the master’s report, and, in any view, we think the case may be determined without minutely retraversing the ground.
Mrs. Fisher and her husband recovered judgment against the board of school directors in the state District Court, May 22, 1890, which, on appeal, was affirmed by the Supreme Court. Fisher and Husband v.…
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