Carondelet Canal & Navigation Co. v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review judgments of the state courts and also the constitutionality Under the contract clause of the Federal Constitution of a statute of Louisiana relating to the property of Carondelet'Canal and Navigation Company and the right of the State to acquire its property, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review judgments of the state courts and also the constitutionality Under the contract clause of the Federal Constitution of a statute of Louisiana relating to the property of Carondelet'Canal and Navigation Company and the right of the State to acquire its property, are stated in the opinion. The plaintiff in error was bound to surrender the canal and property on the conditions named in its- charter, and these conditions are what the Supreme Court held them to be. The state court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The State of Louisiana brought this suit in the Civil District Court of the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, against the Carondelet Canal and Navigation Company of New Orléans (herein called the canal company) for the recovery from the company, through its liquidators, of the Carondelet Canal, Bayou St. John and Old Basin, a waterway used by vessels for the transportation of freight and merchandise, and for its improvements and appurtenant properties.
The suit was dismissed by the Civil District Court as premature. On appeal to the Supreme Court of the State that, court reversed the…
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