New Orleans v. New Orleans Water Works Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The court stated the case as follows: This was a motion to dismiss the writs of error in these cases upon the ground that no federal question was involved.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The court stated the case as follows: This was a motion to dismiss the writs of error in these cases upon the ground that no federal question was involved. The suit was originally begun by the filing of a petition in the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans by Edward Conery, J r., and about forty others, resident tax-payers of the city of New Orleans, against the New Orleans Water Works Company and the city, to enjoin the city from making any appropriations or drawing any warrants in favor of the Water Works Company under a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beown
In order to sustain the jurisdiction of this court upon the ground that a Federal question is presented, it should appear either that such question was apparent in the record, and that a decision was made thereon, or that, from the facts stated, such question must have arisen, and been necessarily involved in the case. If it appear either that the decision of the. state .court was made upon rules of general jurisprudence, or that the case was disposed of upon other grounds, broad enough in themselves to sustain the judgment without considering the Federal question, and that such question was…
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