Second Municipality of New Orleans v. Botts

The object of this action is to recover of the defendants, the sum of $1447 26, with interest, being the amount of one-third of the cost of paving the street with stone, completed on the 6th of April, 1841, in front of lots belonging to the defendants. It is alleged in the petition, that the said paving, extending 322 feet 1 inch, in front of the lots on the north side of Richard street, between Constance and Magazine streets, was done by the plaintiffs in conformity with their ordinances; that a duly certified account thereof is recorded in the office of the recorder of conveyances; and that…