United States Ex Rel. Siegel v. Thoman
Citations
- 156 U.S. 353
- 15 S. Ct. 378
- 39 L. Ed. 450
- 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2142
Syllabus
<p>The provision in act No. 30 of the Louisiana Statutes of 1877 that the surplus of the revenues of parishes and municipal corporations for any year may be applied to the payment of the indebtedness of former years is not mandatory, but only permissory, and creates no contract right in a holder of such indebtedness of former years which can be enforced by mandamus.</p>
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- “In the law to be construed here it is evident that the word ‘may' is used in special contradistinction to the word ‘shall ....’”
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Judges: White
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