Bloomfield v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by William B. Bloomfield and another against W. B. Thompson, Commissioner of Public Utilities, and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs apply for writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
The relators herein, William B. Bloomfield and the New Orleans Board of Trade, Limited, as holders of three of the $1,000 bonds of the Public Belt Railroad of the city of New Orleans, complain that the contract of said bonds will be impaired if a certain ordinance passed by the commission council of the city is carried into effect, and they ask for an injunction.
The defense is that the relators are without pecuniary interest, and therefore without standing, to litigate the matter, and that the said ordinance does not, as a matter of fact, have the said injurious effect. Incidentally it is…
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