Chadwick v. Kelley
Supreme Court of the United States
EEROE TO SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.. In April, 1897, John M. Kelley filed his petition in the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans against Edmund- H. Chadwick, to enforce payment of a lien on a certain square of ground in the city of New Orleans, created and arising out of a contract between one A. J. Christopher and said city for paving Hagan avenue.
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EEROE TO SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.. In April, 1897, John M. Kelley filed his petition in the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans against Edmund- H. Chadwick, to enforce payment of a lien on a certain square of ground in the city of New Orleans, created and arising out of a contract between one A. J. Christopher and said city for paving Hagan avenue. The petition alleged due completion of the work, an assignment or transfer by Christopher, of all his rights and claims under the contract, to the petitioner, and a liability of Chadwick for the amount of $638.80, with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shieas
In this record, Chadwick, the plain tiff in error, complains of the judgment of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in two particulars : First, in upholding as valid the statutes of Louisiana and the ordinances of the city of New Orleans, which provide and regulate the method for the paving of streets at the cost of the owners of abutting lots; andj second, in upholding as valid the ordinance of the council of the city of New Orleans, which pi’ovides that, in all the contracts let by the city for public works, of any kind and nature, the contractor shall not employ any other but Iona fide resident…
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