Eclipse Towboat Co. v. Pontchartrain Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Seventh District Court, parish of Orleans. Collens, J. made the following argument in this case before the Supreme Court: ORIffIN OR THE SUIT. In October, 1805, certain parties purchased the steamer Creole, with five other vessels. They gave $16,000 for the Creole. This vessel was immediately put in the trade between New Orleans and Mobile, touching at the watering places on the lake. She continued in that trade three months and twelve days.
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Appeal from the Seventh District Court, parish of Orleans. Collens, J. made the following argument in this case before the Supreme Court: ORIffIN OR THE SUIT. In October, 1805, certain parties purchased the steamer Creole, with five other vessels. They gave $16,000 for the Creole. This vessel was immediately put in the trade between New Orleans and Mobile, touching at the watering places on the lake. She continued in that trade three months and twelve days. The earnings of the vessel during that time were $50,821 54. Her expenses were about $8000 per month, not including repairs; showing a…
1Opinion of the CourtHowe, J.
The plaintiffs alleged themselves to he the owners of the steamboat Creole, a vessel built for the Mobile and lake trade. They charged that the defendants had “entered into an alleged combination with one Charles Morgan to deprive the public, generally of the benefits of said railroad, with the view of conferring on the said Morgan a monopoly of the freight and passengers transported over the said railroad, making an unjust and illegal discrimination in his favor in the price charged by tire railroad for tlie transportation of freight and passengers. Further, that said combination was also…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sewall v. AllenCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1830
- Citizens' Bank v. Nantucket Steamboat Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1811
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- Missouri Pac. Ry. Co. v. Texas & Pac. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1887
- Comire v. Schiro Amusement Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
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