Louisiana State Lottery Co. v. Fitzpatrick
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
. In equity. Heard upon motion for injunction pendente lite. The bill was brought by the Louisiana State Lottery Company, ■ a Louisiana corporation, Charles T. Howard, a citizen of Mississippi, and John A. Morris, a citizen of New York, against Allen Jumel [John Fitzpatrick], and twelve other citizens of Louisiana, and against the city of New Orleans.
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. In equity. Heard upon motion for injunction pendente lite. The bill was brought by the Louisiana State Lottery Company, ■ a Louisiana corporation, Charles T. Howard, a citizen of Mississippi, and John A. Morris, a citizen of New York, against Allen Jumel [John Fitzpatrick], and twelve other citizens of Louisiana, and against the city of New Orleans. It was filed April 1, 1S79. The case made by the bill was substantially as follows: On August 11, 1808, the legislature of Louisiana passed an act entitled, “An act to increase the revenues of the state and to authorize the incorporation and…
1Opinion of the Court
BILLINGS, District Judge.
The complainants have filed their bill in the circuit court ■of the United States, under the permission ■conferred in an act of congress, approved March, 3, 1875, which vested those courts with ■“original cognizance of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, arising under the constitution and laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority.” 18 Stat. 470. The civil jurisdiction of this court was by this statute enlarged to the entire extent of the judicial power delegated to the congress by the terms of the…
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