Town of Morgan City v. Dalton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Action by the town of Morgan City against John Dalton. Thomas Martin intervened. Judgment for plaintiff, and intervener and defendant appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
MONROE, J.
Petitioner alleges that upon June 30, 1890, it entered into a contract with the defendant (which, upon November 29, 1894, was renewed for 10 years), whereby it granted him the use of certain property upon its water front for the purposes of the fish and oyster business, and whereby, in consideration of such grant, he agreed to deliver to petitioner the shells of the oysters to be opened by him, and to apply those not so required to the improvement of the water front, and further agreed that the buildings and improvements to be erected by him on the property should revert…
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