Board of Health v. Maginnis Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Theard, J. PPEAL from the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans. On Motion to File Transcript op Appeal Without Deposit eor Costs. This Honorable Court has time and again declared that the State of Louisiana, as the sovereign, and as matter of privilege, is entitled to litigate in her own courts without payment of costs.
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Theard, J. PPEAL from the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans. On Motion to File Transcript op Appeal Without Deposit eor Costs. This Honorable Court has time and again declared that the State of Louisiana, as the sovereign, and as matter of privilege, is entitled to litigate in her own courts without payment of costs. Succession of Townsend, 40 An. 66; State vs. Taylor, 84 An. 978; State vs. Taylor, 83 An. 1270. The Board of Health is a branch of the State government, having under its care the health of the entire State. Act 1882, No. 92, p. 114, Sec. 4; Revised Statutes 1870, Title…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
On motion of the counsel for the Board of Health as appellant, a rule was granted upon the clerk of this court to show *809cause why its appeal should not be filed without making the cash deposit required of other parties litigant, because the Board of Health,.acting in the interest of the State and its people, is entitled to litigate in the courts of this State without the payment of costs.
In answer to the rule the clerk avers that (1) there is no law of this State which exempts the plaintiff in rule from making the deposit required by the…
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