FISK v. JEFFERSON POLICE JURY


116 U.S. 131 (1885)

FISK v. JEFFERSON POLICE JURY. LOUISIANA ex rel. FISK v. Same.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 21, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Louque and Mr. B.F. Jonas for plaintiffs in error.

No appearance for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

These cases are brought before this court by writs of error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

As they involve precisely the same questions between the same parties they may be decided together.

Josiah Fisk, who was an attorney-at-law, brought three suits in the proper court of the Parish of Jefferson to recover for salary and fees due him from the parish as district attorney, and he obtained judgments...

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