Howcott v. Ruddock Orleans Cypress Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Suit by Edith M. D. Howcott against the Ruddock Orleans Cypress Oompany and others for an injunction. The writ was granted, but dissolved on defendants’ application, and, upon a refusal of a suspensive appeal from the order of dissolution, plaintiff applies for mandamus and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Plaintiff applied to the court below and obtained a temporary writ of injunction restraining the defendant company and the mayor and commission council of the city of New Orleans from executing an agreement of exchange by which the city was to transfer to the Ruddock Orleans Cypress Oompany that portion of Stroelitz street between Dante and Dublin streets in said city, measuring 50 by 300 feet, for a strip of land of corresponding dimensions off of the north or lake side of square 579 immediately abutting on the south side the portion of said Stroelitz street thus proposed to be conveyed, and…
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