Manion & Co. v. Board of Directors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by Manion & Co. and others against the board of directors of the public schools for the parish of Orleans. Judgment for defendants, and the Crescent Filter & Specialty Company applied for certiorari and mandamus.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Manion & Co., the Fairbanks Company, and the Crescent Filter & Specialty Company filed their suit in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans for the purpose of obtaining a decree declaring certain contracts for plumbing and filters made by the defendant board for the use of the public schools of the city of New Orleans to be ultra vires for want of competitive bidding, as required by section 8, p. 346, of Act No. 167 of 1904. The plaintiffs prayed for an injunction in limine to restrain the execution of said contracts during the pendency of the suit. The judge issued a rule nisi on…
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