Creole Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 9 v. City of New Orleans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

The suit is brought upon sundry “ certificates of appropriation,” issued in pursuance of an ordinance of the city, passed April 5th, 1881, No. 6968, Administration series. The certificates represent part of tlie floating debt of the city, created prior to the year 1879.’ .

The judgment appealed from was in favor of the plaintiff for the amount of the certificates with legal interest on their respective amounts from the date of the several ordinances under which they were issued, and further ordering that, upon the surrender thereof, bonds be…