Citizens Bank v. Town of Jennings
Citations
- 107 La. 547
Syllabus
<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>The statute declaring that Police Juries and the constituted authorities of incorporated towns and cities shall not have power to contract any debt or pecuniary liability without providing in the ordinance creating the debt the means of its payment, is a prohibitory law, and such a limitation upon the power of Police Juries and municipal authorities that debts contracted in violation of its provisions are stricken with nullity and incapable of judicial enforcement.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- “There are no allegations that the Foreign Defendants expressly aimed their conduct at the forum.”
- “The promise of good faith and fair dealing is treated as an implied provision in every contract . . . .” (citations and quotation marks omitted)
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Judges: Blanchard
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