Legal Opinion
City of New Orleans v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 15, 1901No. 13,980PublishedCited by 5 opinions
APPEAL from the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans — King, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Provosty, J.
On the application for rehearing by
Provosty, J. Pkovosty, J.
The defendant company, a Pennsylvania corporation with an agency in the city of New Orleans, is sued by the city of New Orleans for its license for the year 1899, amounting to $1425.00, with interest at the rate of two per cent, per month from March 1, 1899.
Its first defense is that the suit should have been by rule, there being no law authorizing the city of New Orleans to proceed by ordinary suit to recover licenses. The difference between a rule and an ordinary suit is that in…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- City of New Orleans v. W. Horace Williams Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- State ex rel. Perkins v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902