Louisiana & Northwest Railroad v. Police Jury of Bienville Parish

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McBnbry, J.

In 1895 the Police Jury of Bienville parish contracted for the building of a court house. The ordinance providing for the erection of the court house and accepting a bid from the contractors, the terms of payment and the amounts to be paid in instal-ments were fixed as follows: Two thousand dollars 1st February, 1896 ; three thousand dollars February 1, 1897; three thousand dollars February 1, 1898; three thousand dollars February 1, 1899; three thousand dollars February 1, 1900, with eight per cent, inter*332est on each instalment from the date…