State ex rel. Belden v. Markey

The relators have moved to dismiss the appeal taken by the city of New Orleans, oil the following, among other grounds, to wit:

That the city is without interest, either pecuniary or otherwise, in the suit.

The law grants the right of appeal to any.one> though not a party io the suit, if he have an interest in the subject matter of the suit. C. P. 571.

But he must allege and show that interest; and it must he a direct, pecuniary interest. 1 N. .S. 308 ; 4 N. S. 342 ; 4 N. S. 622 ; 2 Rob. 391.

The matter at issue is the right to office — whether the relators or *744the defendants are, under tlie law,…