New Orleans v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The New Orleans Pacific Railway Company became duly incorporated under the general laws of the State of Louisiana on June 29,1875. By Article I, of its charter, it was given corporate existence for the term twenty-five years from that date.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The New Orleans Pacific Railway Company became duly incorporated under the general laws of the State of Louisiana on June 29,1875. By Article I, of its charter, it was given corporate existence for the term twenty-five years from that date. By Article III it was empowered among other things: “ To lay, construct, lease, own, and use a railroad with one or more traeks and suitable turntables upon such course or route as may be deemed by a majority of the directors of said company most expedient, beginning…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The assignments of error relate to three subjects: First, the batture or space in front of the City Park, embraced in the lease made by the city to the railroad company in execution of the terms of the city ordinance ; second, the construction of a track on Claiborne and Canal, and the building on Claiborne near Canal of a passenger depot; and, lastly, the wharfage rights claimed by the railroad company at the foot of Thalia street in virtue of section 4 of Ordinance No, 6938.
The argument as to the first and second assignments is, that the right granted to the railroad company by Ordinances…
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