Legal Opinion
City of New Orleans v. Louisiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 16, 1956No. 42332PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMON, Justice.
This is an action for specific performance instituted by the City of New Orleans, seeking to compel the defendant, Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to comply with its agreement to purchase and take title to a certain area of the property generally known and styled as “Commerce Place”, located within its corporate limits and allegedly owned by it since March 7, 1836.
The record reveals that by Ordinance No. 18,645, adopted on December 1, 1953, the Commission Council of the City of New Orleans authorized the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Parks to…
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