Wardens of the Church of St. Louis v. Blanc
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Parish Court of New Orleans, Maurian, J. The petitioners represent: “ That by an act of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, they were created, and are a body politic in fact and la w, de jure et defacto. That the church of St. Louis of New Orleans, belonging to the said bod}-politic, was built, finished and expressly appropriated to the use of the Catholic religion, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.
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Appeal from the Parish Court of New Orleans, Maurian, J. The petitioners represent: “ That by an act of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, they were created, and are a body politic in fact and la w, de jure et defacto. That the church of St. Louis of New Orleans, belonging to the said bod}-politic, was built, finished and expressly appropriated to the use of the Catholic religion, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four. That at that tipie the said church, destined to replace the parochial church of the same name which had been erected in New Orleans under…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiffs, suing as the Wardens of the Church of St,‘Louis of New Orleans,allege in their petition, that the church of St. Louis, belonging to them, was built, finished, and expressly appropriated to the use of' the Catho-*77lie religion. That it was, with the consent of its founder, and by competent authority, erected into a cathedral, to be the seat of a bishop’s ministerial functions. That by the French laws, which were in force until the country was ceded to Spain, the right' of patronage, was recognized, established, and consecrated as a right inherent in the property, in favor of…
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