New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. -The New Orleans Gas Light and Banking Company was incorporated in 1835, and was given the exclusive privilege of vending gas in the city of New Orleans and its faubourgs, and thq city of La Fayette, to such persons or bodies corporate as might voluntarily choose to contract for the same, and it was permitted to lay pipes and conduits at its. own expense in. the public ways and streets of New Orleans, having due regard…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. -The New Orleans Gas Light and Banking Company was incorporated in 1835, and was given the exclusive privilege of vending gas in the city of New Orleans and its faubourgs, and thq city of La Fayette, to such persons or bodies corporate as might voluntarily choose to contract for the same, and it was permitted to lay pipes and conduits at its. own expense in. the public ways and streets of New Orleans, having due regard for the public convenience. In 1845 and 1854 the charter of the company as to its right to engage in banking was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
In the case of the New Orleans Gas Company v. Louisiana Light Company, 115 U. S. 650, it was held that the complainant, by reason of the franchises granted and agreements made, as fully, set forth in that case, had acquired the exclusive right to supply gas to the city of New Orleans and its inhabitants through pipes and mains laid in the streets.
It is the contention of the plaintiff in error that,, having acquired the franchise and availed itself of the right to locate its pipes under the streets of the city, it has thereby acquired a property.^ght which cannot be taken from it by a shifting…
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