State v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

This suit may he regarded as the sequel to that entitled “State vs. Southern Pacific Co.,” 52 Ann. 1822. In the latter case, it was charged by the State that the defendant, the Southern Pacific Company, was unlawfully exercising the franchise of “public warehouseman” in New Orleans, and the subject, of the suit was to restrain it from so doing. The following excerpts from the statement and opinion of the court, as therein made and rendered, will serve to make clear the condition of affairs upon which the present action is predicated, to-wit:

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