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City of New Orleans v. Disabled American v. Terans

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Jan 12, 1953
62 So. 2d 817 (La. 1953)

Opinion

No. 40852.

January 12, 1953.

APPEAL FROM CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE WALTER B. HAMLIN, J.

Amos L. Ponder, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Henry B. Curtis, City Atty., and Nelson S. Wooddy, Asst. City Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.


The City of New Orleans (plaintiff-appellee), contending that this Court is without jurisdiction of the appeal in the above-captioned case since it is a proceeding for a declaratory judgment in a suit which has for its object the judicial declaration of rights and not a money demand, filed a motion to have the case transferred to the Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans.

This motion is without merit, for the reason that the purpose of the suit is to have declared null and void a certain lease entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant, Disabled American Veterans, dated June 1, 1933, for a term of 35 years, which lease is alleged to have a present value of $29,500. Clearly the matter in dispute far exceeds the $2,000 jurisdictional amount, La.Const. of 1921, Art. 7, §§ 10. The cases relied on by the plaintiff in support of its motion, First National Life Insurance Co. v. City of New Orleans, 218 La. 9, 48 So.2d 145, Board of Com'rs of Port of New Orleans v. Hibernia National Bank, 219 La. 208, 52 So.2d 753, and Grace v. Boggs, 220 La. 22, 55 So.2d 768, are inapposite from a factual standpoint in that the contests which were the subject of dispute therein did not involve rights of established monetary value.

For the reasons assigned, the motion to transfer is denied.

PONDER, J., recused.


Summaries of

City of New Orleans v. Disabled American v. Terans

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Jan 12, 1953
62 So. 2d 817 (La. 1953)
Case details for

City of New Orleans v. Disabled American v. Terans

Case Details

Full title:CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ET AL

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Jan 12, 1953

Citations

62 So. 2d 817 (La. 1953)
222 La. 507

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