Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Board of Liquidation of City Debt v. Sommerville

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 28, 1904No. 15,383Published

Application by the state, on the relation of the board of liquidation of the city debt, for writs of prohibition, certiorari, and mandamus to W. B. Sommerville, judge of Division D, acting for Fred D. King, judge of Division B, and others.

1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.

Relator applies for relief from an order of the district court refusing to grant it a suspensive appeal from an interlocutory judgment rendered on September 12, 1904, permitting the city of New Orleans, defendant (asserted owner of the property she sought to sell), to dissolve relator’s injunction on bond.

The following is a statement with reference to the proceedings leading to the court’s action in refusing to grant said appeal. The city of New Orleans had taken steps to sell certain property, consisting of sugar sheds, B and E. Relator, the board of liquidation of the city debt, claiming to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Violett v. KingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
  2. State ex rel. A. Lehman & Co. v. KingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
  3. State ex rel. Yale v. DuffelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
  4. Weil v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
  5. State ex rel. Capitol City Oil Mills Co. v. MonroeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897

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