Case Name: The State of Louisiana ex rel. Morris Ranger vs. The City of New Orleans
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1882-03
Citations: 34 La. 202
Docket Number: No. 8243
Parties: The State of Louisiana ex rel. Morris Ranger vs. The City of New Orleans.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 202–204

Head Matter:
No. 8243.
The State of Louisiana ex rel. Morris Ranger vs. The City of New Orleans.
This Court will Dot look out of the Transcript and hunt up evidence among the records of other cases, simply because, by agreement of counsel, such evidence is to be considered as if in the Transcript, though not placed within the reach of the Court. Affirming the rule declared in Succession of Irwin, 33 An. 63. <
This case is remanded to afford the Relator the opportunity of introducing evidence to show that his judgment was based upon a contract with the City of New Orleans, as was done in the case of Nelson vs. Parish of St. Martin, 32 An. 884.
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Tissot, J.
D. .0. di L. L. Labatt, for the Relator and Appellee, on the application for Rehearing:
By reference to the reasons, it is seen that judgments are expressly based on contracts made by legislative authority, found in Acts Nos. 108 and 109 of the Legislature of 1834, the records of which are in this Court, “ and not another tribunal.”
Courts will judicially notice that the bonds sued on wexe issued by legislative authority as a historical fact. 5 Rob. 123, LTnvilliers.
A judgment of the Supreme Court need not be formally introduced in evidence, and is judicially noticed. 1 An. 283.
O. F. Buck, City Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Levy, J.
Por the same reasons as are given in Nos. 8132 and 8233, just rendered, the motion herein to dismiss, is denied.