Case Name: State ex rel. I. Newman vs. R. M. Lusher, Superintendent of Public Schools
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 189
Docket Number: No. 6733
Parties: State ex rel. I. Newman vs. R. M. Lusher, Superintendent of Public Schools.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 189–189

Head Matter:
No. 6733.
State ex rel. I. Newman vs. R. M. Lusher, Superintendent of Public Schools.
Treasurers of the Parish Boards of School Directors cannot pledge the school funds or school-fund warrants for a loan of money without the express authority of the Board of School Directors. Such warrants are not commercial paper.
Appeal from the Sixth District Court of New Orleans. Rightor, J.
P. Roberts for Relator. Egan Assistant Attorney-General, Saunders and O. K. Ogden for Defendant Appellant.

Opinion:
White, J.,
delivered the opinion reversing the judgment, Spencer, J., dissenting.