United States ex rel. Siegel v. Board of Liquidation of City Debt
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
Petition filed December 81, 1895, by Henry Siegel, a citizen of Germany, praying for a writ of mandamus to the board of liquidation of the city debt to order the board to fund, or pay to relator, certain judgments at law heretofore obtained in this court against the city of New Orleans, aggregating the sum of $21,008.86. Upon a motion made by the defendant, at the close of the evidence, to direct a verdict against the relator, the court granted the same, for the following…
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Petition filed December 81, 1895, by Henry Siegel, a citizen of Germany, praying for a writ of mandamus to the board of liquidation of the city debt to order the board to fund, or pay to relator, certain judgments at law heretofore obtained in this court against the city of New Orleans, aggregating the sum of $21,008.86. Upon a motion made by the defendant, at the close of the evidence, to direct a verdict against the relator, the court granted the same, for the following reasons.
1Opinion of the Court
PARLANCE, District Judge.
The relator heretofore obtained in this court several judgments against the city of New Orleans. The same were, in terms, made payable out of the revenues of the city of New Orleans for the year 1879, and out of the surplus of any subsequent years, in accordance with section 3 of Act No. 30 of the *770extra session of the general assembly of this state held in 1877. These judgments were based upon floating debts or claims against the city created during, for, and against the year 1879. The relator prays for a mandamus ordering the board of liquidation of the city debt to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Siegel v. ThomanSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- New Orleans Board of Liquidation v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- State ex rel. Wood v. Board of LiquidationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888