Lafferranderie v. Mayor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST DISTRICT- The plaintiff alleged that he purchased from the corporation the right to receive the revenue arising from the tax imposed on carriages, carts, drays and other vehicles used for hire, within the limits of the city of New-Orleans. That private carriages and water carts (in the now incorporated fauxbourgs) were at the time considered as embraced by the ordinance imposing the tax.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST DISTRICT- The plaintiff alleged that he purchased from the corporation the right to receive the revenue arising from the tax imposed on carriages, carts, drays and other vehicles used for hire, within the limits of the city of New-Orleans. That private carriages and water carts (in the now incorporated fauxbourgs) were at the time considered as embraced by the ordinance imposing the tax. But that the City Court, and afterwards the Parish Court had decided that neither was embraced. Wherefore the present suit was brought to recover the amount of loss and…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
In this case the petitioner alleges that he was a farmer of the revenue accruing to the city of New-Orleans for the whole of the year 1830, on account of taxes levied on carriages, gigs, hackney coaches, carts, drays, timber carriages and all other carriages used for hire, and also on individual pleasure carriages to be used within the limits of said city. That he purchased the right to receive this revenue for the price of eleven thousand seven hundred dollars, which have been regularly paid to the corporation at the periods at which the money became due according to contract. He alleges…
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