Black v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal. Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Hugh C. Cage, Judge. Suit for injunction by Wilbert Black and three others, resident taxpayers of New Orleans, against New Orleans Railway & Light Company and the city of New Orleans. Preliminary injunction denied, and plaintiffs’ demand rejected, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
O’NIELL, J.
This suit was brought by four resident taxpayers of New Orleans against the city and the street railway company to prevent by injunction the collection of an increase in ear fare from five to six cents.
The allegations on which the injunction was demanded, stated broadly, were that the railway company was bound by stipulations in its franchise contract with the city not to charge more than five cents fare, and that a recent municipal ordinance purporting to authorize the increased fare was, for reasons stated in plaintiffs’ petition, unconstitutional,…
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