Legal Opinion
Talbot v. Louisiana Highway Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 2, 1925No. 27304PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, C. J.
This is a suit to annul the contract by which the Louisiana highway commission granted a franchise to Eli T. Watson, Oliyer J. Anderson, Meredith’ O. Jones, and H. A. Morrison, to construct and operate a toll bridge across Lake Pontchartrain. The contract is dated the 26th of February, 1925. It purports to be authorized by an act of the Legislature, Act 141 of 1924, p. 263. The plaintiff here challenges the constitutionality of the statute, for several causes, and contends that the contract is null for those and other causes specified in his petition. The district court dismissed the suit on…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- State v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Enfield Toll Bridge Co. v. Hartford & New-Haven Rail-RoadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
- Calumet Service Co. v. City of ChiltonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- State ex rel. County Attorney v. Des Moines City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Standard Oil Co. v. Louisiana Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Central Louisiana Electric Co. v. Louisiana Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- Cajun Elec. Power Co-Op., Inc. v. La. PscSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- New Orleans Pontchartrain Bridge Co. v. Louisiana Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Orr v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission v. Cargill, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
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