Cole v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the First District Court, Parish of Caddo. Taylor, J. 1. If tli© ad of I860, which imposed on front proprietors one-third of tin* cost of street paving*, was repealed, which is conceded, then the city was liable for the whole amount, • It is no ground of complaint on its part that, by the contract, it was relieved of one-third of the cost of paving, when it should have paid the whole. 2. The provision made for tlio payment of the debt, at the time it was…
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APPEAL from the First District Court, Parish of Caddo. Taylor, J. 1. If tli© ad of I860, which imposed on front proprietors one-third of tin* cost of street paving*, was repealed, which is conceded, then the city was liable for the whole amount, • It is no ground of complaint on its part that, by the contract, it was relieved of one-third of the cost of paving, when it should have paid the whole. 2. The provision made for tlio payment of the debt, at the time it was contracted, was entirely adequate and in intended conformity to law. That it should subsequently have, failed, through the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of tlie Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
Plaintiffs seek to recover judgment against the City of Shreveport in the sum of $47,(1(16 31, as tho unpaid balance on a. contract between them and the city for grading and macadamizing a portion of one of the principal streets of the city.
Prom a judgment in 4avor of the plaintiffs the present appeal haij been taken by defendant.
The record discloses the following facts and proceedings, which are not contested or disputed:
The contraer was executed between plaintiffs and the compe,tent city authorities on the 4th of March, 1871, and it…
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