State ex rel. Woulfe v. St. Paul
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPLICATION for writs of Mandamus, Certiorari and Prohibition. The opinion of the court was delivered hy Provosty, J. Mr. Justice Breaux and Mr. Justice Blanchard dissent, each handing down a separate opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Application por Mandamus.
Provosty, J.
Our supervisory powers are invoked to compel the respondent judge to grant an injunction restraining the City of New Orleans from entering into a certain contract with the Louisiana Improvement Company for paving with asphalt .certain parts of Canal street, the principal street of the city.
Of the numerous grounds of injunction set forth in his petition the relator presses upon our attention only two.
The first of these is that two-thirds of the work called for by the contract in question, is to be met by means of an illegal 'assessment imposed upon the…
2Cited by3 opinions
- State ex rel. Knollman v. KingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Tremont Lumber Co. v. Police Jury of Jackson ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Williams v. Police Jury of Morehouse ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915