Case Name: STATE ex rel. LIBERTY OIL CO., Limited, v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1923-07-11
Citations: 154 La. 288
Docket Number: No. 25676
Parties: STATE ex rel. LIBERTY OIL CO., Limited, v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Judges: ROGERS, J., takes no part.
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 287–287

Head Matter:
(97 South. 446)
No. 25676.
STATE ex rel. LIBERTY OIL CO., Limited, v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
(July 11, 1923.)
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Percy Saint, Judge.
Mandamus by the State, on the relation of the Liberty Oil Company, Limited, against the City of New Orleans. Judgment for plaintiff,- and defendant appeals.
Judgment annulled, relator’s demand rejected, and suit dismissed.
Ivy G. Kittredge, City Atty., and Rene A. Viosca, Asst. City Atty., of New Orleans, for appellant.
McOloskey & Benedict, of New Orleans, for appellee. ,

Opinion:
O'NIELL, C. J.
This is one of the cases referred' to in the opinion handed down to-day in State ex rel. Civello v. City of New Orleans (No. 25566) 97 South. 440, and is like the case of State ex rel. Traverse v. City of New Orleans (No. 24706) 97 South. 446-, except that, in this case, the mandamus was made peremptory.
For the reasons given in our opinion in Civello's Case and in Traverse's Case,
The judgment appealed from is annulled, and relator's demand is rejected, and this suit is dismissed, at relator's cost.
ROGERS, J., takes no part.
Ante, p. 271.
1 Ante, p. 289.