Legal Opinion
Williams v. Payson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 15, 1859PublishedCited by 5 opinions
PPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Plaquemines, Foulkouze, J.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiffs aver in their petition that they have been commissioned as Pilots for the port of New Orleans, under the Act of March 13th, 1851, entitled “ an Act relative to Pilots.” That the defendants, who have not been appointed Pilots under that law, are performing the duties and receiving the emoluments of Pilots, to the prejudice of petitioners. They pray for an injunction to restrain defendants from piloting vessels over the bar at the different mouths of the Mississippi river.
The defendants, in their answer, styling themselves Branch Pilots of the port of New Orleans, plead a general…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Hendrix v. Louisiana Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- Estate of Sassinot v. DemourelleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1924
- Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Vidalia Bank & Trust Co. v. PurcellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1928