Le Warne v. Meyer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
In Equity. Motion for an injunction and appointment of receiver. About February 13, 1888, the Mexican government ceded to Gen. Pedro Beranda, under certain terms and restrictions, lottery franchises and privileges to draw lotteries in Mexico. These franchises and privileges passed by assignment, the terms of which arc not known, to Gen. Beranda and associates, for the purpose of carrying out the contract, and carrying on the lottery.
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In Equity. Motion for an injunction and appointment of receiver. About February 13, 1888, the Mexican government ceded to Gen. Pedro Beranda, under certain terms and restrictions, lottery franchises and privileges to draw lotteries in Mexico. These franchises and privileges passed by assignment, the terms of which arc not known, to Gen. Beranda and associates, for the purpose of carrying out the contract, and carrying on the lottery. The associates organized an incorporation under the public improvement law of Louisiana for the purpose of carrying on the lottery business in Mexico. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The Mexican International Improvement Company was organized under the general law'of the state of Louisiana providing for the organization of corporations for works of public improvement and other purposes. It has neither charter nor privilege from the legislature of the state of Louisiana. The objects and purposes of the organization, as declared in the charter, are: “To construct, operate, maintain, promote, and develop various works of public and private improvement in the republic of Mexico.” The present case shows that the real objects and purposes of the organization were the purchase…
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