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State ex rel. Blaise v. City of New Orleans

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 30, 1917No. 22027PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Mandamus by the State, on relation of Henry Blaise, against the City of New Orleans and others. Judgment for relator, and the City of New Orleans appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.

Relator, as owner of a lot of ground fronting on Oak street in the city of New Orleans, applied to Wm. J. Hardee, city engineer of the city of New Orleans, for a permit to erect a building on said lot, in order that he might establish therein a private market. The city engineer refused to grant the said permit for the reason that the establishment and operation of such market was forbidden by the following ordinance of the city of New Orleans:

No. 1812, Commission Council Series.

Section 1. Be it ordained by the commission council of the city of New Orleans, that hereafter it shall he unlawful…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Calvo v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  2. City of New Orleans v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  3. Wall v. Brooks-Scanlon Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Civello v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  2. State Ex Rel. Dema Realty Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
  3. King v. Caddo Parish Com'nSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  4. Plebst v. Barnwell Drilling CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
  5. State Ex Rel. Holcombe v. City of Lake CharlesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932

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