Charity Hospital v. De Bar

Voorhies, J.*

The present action is founded on the 4th section of the Act approved the 12th March, 1838, which provides that-the managers and lessees of theatres in New Orleans shall pay $500 per annum for the benefit of the Charity Hospital.

The plaintiff’s claim is resisted by the defendant and appellant on two grounds. “First, that it is contrary to the Constitution of the State; and, second, that the law which gave to the plaintiff this source of revenue has been repealed.” <

We consider the question thus presented for our solution as already settled by the decision of our predecessors in…