Legal Opinion · Concurrence

State Ex Rel. Porterie v. Walmsley

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 4, 1935No. Nos. 33246 and 33251Published

1ConcurrenceO'Niell, Chief Justice

Since a majority of the members of the court have concluded that the state had a sufficient interest to bring this suit, and that the Attorney General had the right to sue on behalf of the bondholders and taxpayers of the city of New Orleans, I concur in the ruling that Judge .Byrnes was right in granting the preliminary injunction. I, doubt that the ruling that the state has a sufficient interest to bring the suit is in accord with the rulings rendered by this court in State v. C. S. Jackson & Co., 137 La. 931, 69 So. 751, and Saint v. Allen, 172 La. 350, 134 So. 246; and I doubt that the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Louisiana v. PilsburySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. State ex rel. Saunders v. KohnkeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  3. State v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  4. State v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  5. Saint v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931

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