Parish of Jefferson Davis Police Jury v. Bolger, Mosser & Williman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson Davis; Alfred M. Barbe, Judge. Proceeding by the Parish of Jefferson Davis Police Jury against Bolger, Mosser & Williman. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a mandamus suit to compel the defendants to accept and pay for $100,000 of negotiable bonds, forming a part of an issue of $500,000 purchased by them from the plaintiff.
The petition alleges that said issue of negotiable bonds for the purpose of constructing roads and bridges in,the parish of Jefferson Davis was duly authorized by a vote of the taxpayers of said parish, under the terms and provisions of article 281 of the Constitution, and of Act No. ¿56 of 1910.
Defendants in their answer admitted that they had accepted $400,000 of said issue of negotiable bonds as legal and valid, and…
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