Executive Committee v. Tarrant

The first question to be considered in this case is the alleged want of legal right and competency of the plaintiffs individually, or collectively, to institute this suit and stand in judgment.

If that question can be solved in plaintiffs' favor, then the only remaining question is whether the verdict of the jury against the defendant should be sustained, increased, or reduced in amount.

The object of the suit is to compel the defendant to render an account and to pay over certain funds or the profits received by him from a ball given in the city of New Orleans on February 24, 1922, known as…