Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson v. McCormack
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court, in and for the Sixth and Seventh Municipal Districts of the parish of Orleans. Houston, Judge of Fourth District Court, parish of Orleans, acting in the place of Pardee, J., recused. The law governing this case is well settled.
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APPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court, in and for the Sixth and Seventh Municipal Districts of the parish of Orleans. Houston, Judge of Fourth District Court, parish of Orleans, acting in the place of Pardee, J., recused. The law governing this case is well settled. It has been held that, under under the legal definition of public things, R. C. C. 453, 454, public squares, courthouses, and jails of a parish are public property, and, as such, cannot be executed for debt. 4 A. 84, Police Jury of Baton Rouge vs. Michel. 30 A. 65, Plaquemines Parish vs. Foulhouze. 30 A. 61, MoKnight vs.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
Prior to 1853, the government of the parish of Jefferson was divided between three.distinct corporations, viz.: The Police Jury *626of the parish of Jefferson, the city of Jefferson, and the town of Carroll-ton. These corporations bore the common parish expenses in certain; proportions established by law.
The whole parish, as then existing, was within the limits and jurisdiction of the Second Judicial District Court of the State.
It was the duty of the parish to provide suitable accommodations for the administration of justice by the said District…
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