Supreme Court of the United States, 1889

Currie, Mayor v. United States Ex Rel. Jacobs

Currie, Mayor v. United States Ex Rel. Jacobs
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 7, 1889 · Fuller
129 U.S. 44; 9 S. Ct. 213; 32 L. Ed. 592; 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2042 (United States Reports)

Currie, Mayor v. United States Ex Rel. Jacobs

Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Fuller.

In this case

a'peremptory writ of mandamus was awarded, commanding the levy of a special tax for the payment of the judgment rendered in favor of Jacobs and Smith, and against the .city- of Shreveport, just reversed in the preceding case, No. 106, for want of jurisdiction.

The judgment must, therefore, he reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions ip dismiss the petition.

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