State ex rel. Benedict v. City of New Orleans

Citations

• 111 La. 374
• 35 So. 605
• 1903 La. LEXIS 540

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS—JUDGMENTS AGAINST CITY—PAYMENT.</p> <p>1. Under section 2, p. 39, of Act No. 32 of 1902, judgments against the city of New Orleans for debts of former years can be paid only after statutory, necessary, and usual charges of the municipal government have been provided for out of the revenues of each year.</p> <p>2. The determination of what are necessary and usual charges is left to the discretion of the city authorities, free from the interference of the courts.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>