Case ID: la-ann_35/html/0544-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Pocufl, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 8838.
    The State of Louisiana ex rel. J. C. Seale vs. The Police Jury of Madison.
    The obligation of a parish to pay the salary, or other emoluments of office, of an officer whose compensation is fixed by law, does not arise from a contract, but is created by operation of law. Hence, the constitutional limitation, under which a mandamus to levy a special tax in satisfaction of a judgment enforcing such an obligation must be refused, does not impair the obligation of a contract, within the intent and meaning of the federal Constitution.
    APPEAL from the Eighth District Court, Parish of Madison. Delong, J.
    
      H. P. Wells and J. B. Stone for the Relator and Appellant.
    
      Spencer & Ducas for Respondents and Appellees.
   The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Pocufl, J.