Legal Opinion

Hubgh v. New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1851Published

APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, ,T. This cause was tried by a juiy, who gave a verdict for the plaintiff for five thousand dollars. The defendants appealed.

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Same Case — On a Re-Hearing.

OGDEN and DUNCAN made the following argument in favor of a ro-hearing of the case: The counsel for plaintiff respectfully ask the attention of the court to the following additional arguments, in support of their application for a re-hearing. The court lays down at the commencement of its opinion, an abstract proposition, that “ on general principles, the only private rights which laws recognize and which constitutions are established to protect, are the rights of persons, and the rights of proporly,” Applying it, the court proceeds to say, “the plaintiff and her…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cooper v. State ex rel. DeanIndiana Supreme Court · 1837
  2. Shewel v. GivanIndiana Supreme Court · 1830

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