City of New Orleans v. Dameron
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by the City of New Orleans and Martin Behrman, Mayor, against Frank Cameron and others, as members of a state commission, for injunction, and preliminary writ issued as prayed for, and subsequently the State was substituted for the original defendants, and from a judgment dismissing their rule to dissolve the injunction, the State and the Governor, through the Attorney General, procured a…
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Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by the City of New Orleans and Martin Behrman, Mayor, against Frank Cameron and others, as members of a state commission, for injunction, and preliminary writ issued as prayed for, and subsequently the State was substituted for the original defendants, and from a judgment dismissing their rule to dissolve the injunction, the State and the Governor, through the Attorney General, procured a devolutive appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
*537Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Act 37 of the General Assembly of 1920 created a “commission,” the members of 'which were to be, and were appointed. by the Governor, for cities having a population of over 100,000 inhabitants, and imposed upon it the duty—
“to investigate the management of all municipal boards and commissions located or existing within the limits of said cities, and all the departments of said cities’ governments, and each parochial and municipal office of said cities, and of the affairs and form of government of said cities, and.to make report of its findings and…
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