New Orleans, Spanish Fort & Lake Railroad v. Delamore
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. Tbis was a writ of error to bring under review a decree of tbe Supreme Court of Louisiana reversing a decree of tbe Eiftb District Court of tbe parish of Orleans. Tbef facts, as they appeared from tbe pleadings and evidence, were as follows: Tbe Canal Street, City Park and Lake Shore Railroad Company was a corporation organized under the general law oL the State of Louisiana.
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IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. Tbis was a writ of error to bring under review a decree of tbe Supreme Court of Louisiana reversing a decree of tbe Eiftb District Court of tbe parish of Orleans. Tbef facts, as they appeared from tbe pleadings and evidence, were as follows: Tbe Canal Street, City Park and Lake Shore Railroad Company was a corporation organized under the general law oL the State of Louisiana. By an ordinance of the City of New Orleans, numbered 2,264, administration series, dated August 5,1873, the city granted to the corporation named, the right of way…
1Opinion of the Court
MR- Justice Woods
delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
The present writ of error taken by the railroad company brings up for review so much of the decree of the State Supreme Court as dissolved the injunction restraining the sale of the right of way and franchises of the plaintiff.
The defendant denies the jurisdiction of the court upon this appeal. We think the jurisdiction is clear. It is based on Rev. Stat. § 709, which provides that “a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of a State in which a decision in the…
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