Case Name: The State ex rel. City of New Orleans vs. Judge of Sixth District Court
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 374
Docket Number: No. 7328
Parties: The State ex rel. City of New Orleans vs. Judge of Sixth District Court.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 374–374

Head Matter:
No. 7328.
The State ex rel. City of New Orleans vs. Judge of Sixth District Court.
The jurisdiction of this court extends over every case, whatever be the form of pro* ceeding, whether by ordinary civil suit or criminal prosecution, in which the legality or constitutionality of a fine or penalty imposed by a municipal corporation is in contestation.
The constitutional right of appeal cannot be thwarted by the adoption of one rather than another form of proceeding — by suing instead of prosecuting or viceversa. Whether the proceeding, in which the fine or penalty is imposed by the corporation, be civil or criminal, the right of appeal equally exists.
For Mandamus and Prohibtion.
F. H. Farrar for Relator. A. & W. Voorhies for Respondent.

Opinion:
De Blanc, J.,
delivered the opinion refusing the mandamus and granting the prohibition.