State v. Marshall

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Defendant complains of an ordinance adopted by the city of New Orleans on the ground that it is unreasonable, arbitrary, oppressive and unconstitutional. It was adopted over the mayor’s veto. The ordinance denounces as a nuisance the parking of cars *1177and trains on the neutral grounds of “ Elysian Field Avenue.” It seeks to make it unlawful fora “railroad company to permit its engines cars or trains of cars to remain standing upon any portion of the ground known as ‘ Elysian Field Avenue or the ‘ neutral ground’ between the levee and Miro…