Daniel v. City of New Orleans, Page & Co.

This suit was instituted by some of the owners of property fronting on St. Charles avenue, between Toledano and State *2streets, to annul a resolution of the Common Council of New Orleans, passed on the eighth of November 1870, and the contract entered into-in pursuance thereof with Page & Co., for laying Byrne’s Improved Concrete Banquetting, on the north side of St. Charles avenue, between State and Toledano streets, for the price of one dollar per square yard.

The grounds on which this nullity is claimed, are stated in the petition as follows: “ That by the express provisions of the charter…