Legal Opinion

New Orleans v. Houston

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 6, 1886PublishedCited by 59 opinions

APPEAL EROM THE CIRCÜIT OOURT OE THE TOUTED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE LOUISIANA. The case is stated iu the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Me. Justioe Matthews

delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 27th of January, 1881, the Louisiana State Lottery Company, alleging itself to be' a corporation under the laws of the State of Louisiana, filed its bill in chancery against -the City of New Orleans and the tax assessors for the Parish of Orleans, the object and prayer of which were to obtain a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from the assessment and collection of certain taxes, about to be enforced against the complainant by the seizure and sale of its property. On final hearing there .was a decree in conformity…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Stone v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. National Bank v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Van Allen v. AssessorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  4. Minot v. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. Farrington v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. Home Building & Loan Assn. v. BlaisdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Tennessee v. Union & Planters' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Gibbons v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. American Casualty Insurance Company's CaseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1896
  5. Home Savings Bank v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907

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