Fisher v. Board of Directors

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Plaintiff sues as owner of school certificates to recover the sum of $8097.17, with legal interest from judicial demand.

These certificates were issued to teachers in 1874, 1875 and 1876, by the board of directors of the- public schools for salaries earned •during those years.

The petitioner prays for a judgment against the board of directors of the city schools, payable from the school tax levied prior to 1879 by the city of New Orleans.

The defendants deny any indebtedness.

Judgment was rendered recognizing plaintiff as a creditor of the school…