Shotwell v. City of New Orleans

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Manning, J.

The plaintiff is the owner of several claims against the City of New Orleans — one for lighting certain streets with oil in October 1882, another for firemen’s services in November and December of same year, and a third, for salary of police in the last-named month — -all of which are embraced in the budget for that year, being-parts of sums included in the estimate of expenditures and provided for therein. He alleges that in August 1882 the Council undertook to amend its budget for that year by increasing the estimate of expenditures of the…