Board of Com'rs v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. Théard, Judge. Action by the board of commissioners of Jackson Square against the city of New Orleans. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
The plaintiff board alleges that it was created by an ordinance of the municipal council of the city of New Orleans, No. 7,741 A. S., and charged with the administration and beautifying of Jackson Square; that in 1902 the General Assembly passed an act, No. 37, requiring said council to appropriate $2,500 a year for its use, and conferring on it authority to compel such appropriation by mandamus, and that thereafter the council adopted a budget of expenditures, making an appropriation of $2,-500 as required; that the General Assembly thereby ratified the ordinance by which plaintiff was…
2Cited by1 opinion
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