New Orleans, Spanish Fort & Lake Railroad v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans — Ellis, J. On the application for rehearing by Blanchard, J. Statement op the Case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
The plaintiff filed a petition in the Civil District Court in which it alleged that it) was incorporated on the 31st day of March, in the year 1879, by act of that date before John Bendernagel, *1832Notary Public, under the name and style aforesaid, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a railroad from Oanal street, in the city of New Orleans, to Lake Pontchartrain, and along the lake shore, as provided in an ordinance of the city of New Orleans, No. 2264, Administration Series, and. the amendments which had been made…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Seymour v. BourgeatSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1838
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