U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana November 15, 1878 (Lewis v. Shreveport)

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

The power of the city of Shreveport to issue the bonds in question is denied. The power, according to the claim of plaintiff, is to be found in section 17 of the city charter, which authorizes the council, when it deems it for the public interest to provide for the construction of a city hall, markets and other structures of public necessity and utility, and under certain