Industrial Discount Co. v. Scherer

The question presented by this appeal is whether under existing laws, the salary of a fireman, employed by the Fire Department in the City of New Orleans, is exempt from seizure.

The argument in favor of the exemption is that a fireman is a public officer, whose compensation is not subject to seizure. This Court held in Citizens Discount & Investment Company vs. Canatelle et al., 6 La. App. 147, that a fireman was a public officer and as the law then stood (1927) his salary, was exempt from seizure.

Counsel does not question the correctness of the decision referred to, at the time it was…