The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-13

suit against this helpless woman on the
following bills:
NEW ORLEANS LA, March ~, 1876
Mrs y. q. Keller. to- +. g. Mahan. Dr.. OK TAT
Collector:
To serving nptiee tp pay one per cent tax 25
Sci ing property Tor payment..4....s. / SO
Offering for sale the same .............. %
Curator al hoe fres for sa Dc .-......... II 10
Recording seizure Of same. e..-.-..-4..... 90
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THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
SEVENTH JUSTICES COURT FOB the PARISH oR
ORLEANS, eO9 MAGAZtNE STREET.
New ORLEANS. April a 1915
Toe C. Piper Constable Dr. for fees in Tho fol .
lowing ease. viz, Y. q. Mahan ys. Mrs G.
Keller. No, 5o65.
Tax 90
Constables fee. 90
Received payment in full ............... SIT ss
CHAS. G. PIPER. Constable.
On being served with this judgment.
he applied Mt once to lawyer who.
comprehending the situation at n glance
and realizing that there was no Justice
to be had from the court. and no mercy
ut the hands Of the prosecutor, deter
mined that the best policy would be to
apply TO Mnhan, and endeavor to get
him to reduce the amount Of his swind
ling claim But, before he could see
HhUun, tne Dil WoUlHH. uHAloUS,
frightened, probably intimdated. paid
the rascals the money out of her very
scanty and hard Learned means. This
is about the most Infamous and cruel
piece of swindling we have ever known
to be perpetrated, and some step should
be taken TO force the men who got this
poor old woman's money to disgorge it.
THE FIRM MAKE ANOTHER HAUL.
few days ago Mahan approached
Mr.. Lberman, q well-known Canal
street merchant, and informed him that
he owed him tMahan) q small balance
due him as tax collector in 1869 Mr..
Liberman told him that was impossible,
as he sold out the property in question
in 1867 Mahan advised him, never
theless. to settle the claim, as it would
suit would be Immediately instituted,
and he ,cds entirety certnin Of
obtaining judgment. Justly re-
garding the demand Of Mahan as
an attempt at blackmail, Mr.. Liberman
refused to settle. A few days subse-
uuently Liberman was presented with
citation before the Seventh Justice 's
Court in o suit similar to that brought
against poor old Mrs. Keller. for 50 rs
The suit was brought against Mr.. and
Mrs. Liberman, though at the time the
married. Mr.. l.. employed counsel to
defend his cause. and testified at the
trial that in 1869 he did not own the prop
erty taxed. His counsel also entered a
plea Of prescription. But in vain. The
Court could not, in homer, "go back
on it's partner, the ex-Tax Collect
or the firm OF Mahan and Falls, black
mailers, would have been beaten if the
plaintiffs claim had been rejected it
was not the fault of the ex tax collector,
nor OF the court, that Liberman was not
tho owner Of the property in question in
1859. he had no business to sell it in
1867 and il he didn't own it in 1869 he
ought 10 have done so, and that was the
same thing and, finally. as the firm OF
Maban and Falls wanted the 80 Is, and
there could be no appeal from Falls
court, Judgment was entered against
Liberman. Liberman has got new
trial, it is true, but then new
trial is ducks for Mahan and Falls.
Liberman will have to shell out the
sinners in the end and the new trial will
double the costs and he will go up on
the speculation for about thirty dollars
Mr.. Iibernan has applied to the Assist
ant Attorney General and the District
Attorney for redress, but they don't see,
as the whole thing is simply suit in
which Justice Of the Peace has exclu-
sive jurisdiction, what they can do.
POLICY OF THE FIRM.
The policy Of the firm is to make out
the ex-tax collectors bills for as large
sum as possible, present them for pay
ment, and IL any one is unreasonable
enough to kick, then reduce the amount
claimed to sum uDder ten dollars, thus
making claim over which a justice has
exclusive jurisdiction, and then institute
suit in Falls court and obtain judgment.
Mahan says he has about four hundred
OF these claims.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE FIRM.
When these facts come to the knowl
edge Of Mr.. Kellogg, we are very certain
he will put Falls on his slate for a seat
on the Supreme Bench this summer. In
the meantime the District Attorney
should take the matter in hand, and
bring the blackmailers to justice. The
whole transaction is shameless, brazen
and audacious swindle