Coul v. Louisiana Const. & Imp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. This was a libel by the Louisiana Construction & Improvement Company against the steamship Thomas Melville (J. Coul, claimant), for wharfage. The district court rendered a decree for libelant. Claimant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
The Louisiana Construction & Improvement Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Louisiana, is the contractor and lessee of the public wharves and landing places of the city of New Orleans, and, as such lessee, in consideration of maintaining the wharves and landings and making other outlays in relation thereto, is entitled, under its contract with the city of New Orleans, to collect wharf dues from vessels using the wharves at the rates established by the ordinance of the city of New Orleans adopted January 19, 1875, as amended May…
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