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Police Jury v. Britton U.S. 566 (1873)

handle is hein.slavery/ussccases0482 and id is 1 raw text is: POLICE JURY v. BRITTON. Statement of the case in the opinion. due account. The rate must be reasonable, and conform to the custom which obtains in the community in dealings of this character. JUDGMENT REVERSED, AND A VENIRE DE NOVO AWARDED. POLICE JURY V. BRITTON. The trustees or representative officers of a parish, county, or other local jurisdiction, invested with the usual powers of administration in specific matters, and the power of levying taxes to defray the necessary expen- ditures of the jurisdiction, have no implied authority to issue negotiable securities, payable in future, of such a character as to be unimpeachable in the hands of bona fide holders, for the purpose of raising money or funding a previous debt. ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. ffessvs. _V1. TY Merrick and G. T. Race, for ile plaintiff in error; Messrs. T. J Semmes and TV. A. leloy, contra. Mr. Justice BRADLEY stated the case, and delivered the opinion of the court. Britton and Koontz brought an action in the court below against the Police Jury of the parish of Tensas, Louisiana, to iecover the amount of four hundred and sixty coupons, for'$6 each, due on the 1st of July, 1870, for one year's in- terest on four hundred and sixty bonds of $100 each. The following is a copy of one of the bonds, and they were all of the same date and form, differing only in number: $100. STATE OF LOUISIANA, No. 423. ST. JOSEPn, July 1, 1869. CIj1 z arisI of icusas will pay to bearer, six Years after date or sooner, at the pleasure of the Parish, one hundred dollars, with six per cent. interest thereon, payable annually at the offlce of the Parish Treasurer, as per coupons attached. This obligation is issued to fund the debt of the Parish in accordance with an ordinance passed by the Police Jury on the 18th day of January, 1869. :ELI TULLIS, President Police Jury. R lEEVE L ewJs, Clerk Police Jury. i [Sup. Ct.

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