State ex rel. Foy v. Mayor of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Oourt for the Parish of Orleans. JKing, J. STATEMENT OP THE CASE. Relator alleged that he had obtained an absolute judgment against the city of New Orleans (affirmed by the Oourt of Appeals), in the sum of sixteen hundred and fifty-eight dollars, with five per cent, interest thereon from April 14, 1894, and costs of suit.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Oourt for the Parish of Orleans. JKing, J. STATEMENT OP THE CASE. Relator alleged that he had obtained an absolute judgment against the city of New Orleans (affirmed by the Oourt of Appeals), in the sum of sixteen hundred and fifty-eight dollars, with five per cent, interest thereon from April 14, 1894, and costs of suit. That he was the transferee of another judgment rendered in favor of Jacob Burkhardt against the city of New Orleans, for the sum of nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars, with legal interest from February 8, 1887, and costs. That both of said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
The City Council, on the 15th of December, 1896, adopted its budget for 1897, and on the 16th of the same month it was approved and signed by the Mayor. The judgment making the mandamus peremptory was rendered on the 21st of December, 1896, and signed on the 4th of January, 1897. The original order for the alternative writ bore date December 8, 1896.
Act No. 5 of 1870, referred to by relator, requires in its first section that parties holding contested or disputed claims against the city of New Orleans should establish them by direct…
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