Case Name: Stoddard Howell vs. City of New Orleans
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-05
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 681
Docket Number: No. 5715
Parties: Stoddard Howell vs. City of New Orleans.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 681–682

Head Matter:
No. 5715.
Stoddard Howell vs. City of New Orleans.
This is an injunction suit to restrain an execution obtained on a tax-judgment in favor of tho city against the defendant. The grounds are that.the property was not legally or properly assessed; that the defendant was not cited; and that the evidence did not authorize tho judgment. Except as to the alleged want of citation, the objections are not grounds for an injunction. Tho errors should have boon corrected before tho judgment became res judicata.
But on the trial of tho injunction no evidence was adduced to prove a want of citation.
APPEAL from the Superior District Court, parish of Orleans.- Hawkins, J.
George L. BrigTit, for plaintiff and appellee.
Samuel P. Blanc, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Ludeling, C. J.
This is an injunction suit to restrain an execution obtained on a tax-judgment in favor of the city against the defendant» The grounds for the injunction are that the property was not legally and properly assessed; that defendant was not cited; and that the evidence did not authorize the judgment. Except as to the alleged want of citation, the objections are not'grounds for an injunction; the errors should have been corrected before the judgment became res judicata.
But on the trial of the injunction no evidence was adduced to prove a want of citation, nor have the alleged irregularities in the proceedingssince the judgment been proved. :
It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the lower court be reversed, and that there be judgment in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff and the surety on the injunction bond in solido for twenty per cent on the amount of the judgment enjoined, and costs, and that the injunction be dissolved.