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Dwyer Bros. v. Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 6, 1895No. 11,754PublishedCited by 14 opinions

APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Ellis, J. Cites 8 La. 519; 7 M. 218; 2 An. 589; 18 L. 510; 15 An. 247; 39 An. 589; O. N. 1146; 9 La. 174; 9 R. 377; 42 An. 230; 3 R. 357; 36 An. 425; O. O. 1933, 1926, 1930, 1934; 16 Laurent, 305, 314, 320; 4 Marcadé, Sec. 515; 1 Larombiére, 522; 10 Duranton, 447; 24 Demolombe, Secs. 530, 543, 545, 539; 4 Aubry and Rau. 95. Cites O. O. 1933, 1911, 1912; Laurent, Vol. 16, p. 320; 6 N. S. 229; 2 R. 493; 10 R. 524;…

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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Ellis, J. Cites 8 La. 519; 7 M. 218; 2 An. 589; 18 L. 510; 15 An. 247; 39 An. 589; O. N. 1146; 9 La. 174; 9 R. 377; 42 An. 230; 3 R. 357; 36 An. 425; O. O. 1933, 1926, 1930, 1934; 16 Laurent, 305, 314, 320; 4 Marcadé, Sec. 515; 1 Larombiére, 522; 10 Duranton, 447; 24 Demolombe, Secs. 530, 543, 545, 539; 4 Aubry and Rau. 95. Cites O. O. 1933, 1911, 1912; Laurent, Vol. 16, p. 320; 6 N. S. 229; 2 R. 493; 10 R. 524; 6 R. 450; 9 R. 500; 8 R. 161; 2 R. 162; 7 La. 193; 18 La. 88; 8 La. 98; 14 La. 81; 11 An. 301; 13 La. 229; 1 La. 98; 5…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

The plaintiffs, who are wholesale dealers in miscel - laneous articles of merchandise, conducted their business at No. 52 Canal, 71 Common street and 12 Magazine. These several places were connected and open, affording a continuous floor space.

The plaintiffs are, as the record shows, enterprising merchants, whose business increased with almost unprecedented rapidity. They needed more room and better accommodations to meet the increase of their business. They, therefore, entered into a contract with the defendant corporation on the 12th of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. BehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Pratt v. ThorntonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1848
  3. Edwards v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1848
  4. Vedder v. HildrethWisconsin Supreme Court · 1853
  5. Young v. TustinIndiana Supreme Court · 1837

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Capo v. BlanchardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1924
  2. Louisiana Highway Commission v. FarnsworthCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
  3. Louisiana Highway Commission v. BullisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  4. Southern Sawmill Co. v. DucoteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  5. New Iberia Sugar Co. v. LagardeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912

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