Warner v. New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. This case comes on questions certified by the. Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. This case comes on questions certified by the. Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit. The statement of facts, the questions- and the order of the court, as found in the record, are as follows: “The complainant, a citizen of the State of New York, filed his bill in said Circuit Court against the city of New Orleans, alleging substantially as follows: “By act approved March 18, 1858, the legislature of the State of Louisiana undertook to provide for draining and reclaiming portions of the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson. The work…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
We had occasion in the recént case of Cross v. Evans,, ante, 60, to comment on the practice of certifying quéstionsin such manner as to practically submit., the entire case to this, court for consideration. In addition to what was said in the opinion then filed, it may be proper to observe that the purpose of the act of 1891, creating the Courts of Appeal, was to-vest final jurisdiction as to certain classes of cases in the courts then created, and this in order that the docket of .this court might be relieved, and it be enabled with more promptness to dispose of the cases directly coming to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Peake v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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