Legal Opinion
Parker v. Mayor & City Council
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 24, 1911No. 18,260PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; J. P. Madison, Judge. Action toy John P. Parker and others-against the Mayor and Oity Council of Monroe and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiffs, four citizens and taxpayers of the city of Monroe, obtained an injunction prohibiting the city authorities
“ — from proceeding with the opening of a canal, or excavation, along Calypso street, and constructing along said street a concrete box for drainage, or doing .any work whatever under the resolution or ordinance adopted by the city council of Monroe on July 19, 1909, authorizing the mayor, drainage committee, and city *953engineer to proceed, as soon as possible, with the construction of the drainage system, according to the plans submitted by the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Johnston v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- City of Valparaiso v. HagenIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
- State ex rel. Thurmond v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Hildreth v. City of LongmontSupreme Court of Colorado · 1909
- Brennan v. Sewerage & Water Board & Board of LiquidationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Porter v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1927
- Dantoni v. Board of Levee Commissioners of Orleans Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- McCann v. Mayor and Councilmen of Morgan CitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Spreckels v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1926
- Chiro v. Fourth Jefferson Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
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