Fisk v. Jefferson Police Jury
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
These cases are brought before this court by writs of error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
As they involve precisely the same questions between the same parties they may be decided together.
Josiah Fisk, who was an attorney-at-law, brought three suits in the proper court of the Parish of Jefferson to recover for salary and fees due him from the parish as district attorney, and he obtained judgments in each casó against the Police Jiiry, which is the governing body of the parish.
Being unable to obtain the payment of these judgments in any other mode, he first made application for a writ of…
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