State ex rel. Knollman v. King

Citations

• 109 La. 799
• 33 So. 776
• 1903 La. LEXIS 441

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS — ADVERTISEMENT — ANTICIPATION OP REVENUES— CURATIVE ACT.</p> <p>1. A charter requirement ior the letting of contracts by advertisement is not complied with, if the contract as advertised is on its face null and void.</p> <p>2. A contract by the city of New Orleans for the construction of an electric light plant does not form an exception to the rule of Act No. 30 of 1877, prohibiting the municipalities of the state from anticipating their revenues.</p> <p>3. Act No. 32 of 1902 does not have a retroactive operation.</p> <p>4. The case of Railroad Company v. Police Jury of the Parish of Bienville, 19 South. 282, 48 La. Ann. 331, distinguished.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>