State Ex Rel. Parish Board of Health v. Police Jury

This is a mandamus proceeding brought by the parish board of health of Calcasieu parish to compel the police jury of said parish to budget and appropriate the sum of $5,251 for the operation and support of said board of health during the year 1926.

From a judgment rejecting its demands, plaintiff board has appealed.(1). In its budget of expenditures for the year 1926, the police jury of Calcasieu parish has placed the sum of $1,000 for the maintenance of the board of health of, that parish.

The estimate of expenses for the functioning of plaintiff board for the year 1926 is fixed at the sum of…