Louisiana Construction & Improvement Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. On Application por a Rehearing. Plaintiffs, a citizens and taxpayers, are utterly without interest in the subject matter of this suit; there being no showing in the petition that the ordinance complained of increases, directly or indirectly, the burden of taxation.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. On Application por a Rehearing. Plaintiffs, a citizens and taxpayers, are utterly without interest in the subject matter of this suit; there being no showing in the petition that the ordinance complained of increases, directly or indirectly, the burden of taxation. Code of Practice, Art. 15; Handy vs. New Orleans, 89 An. 107; Conery vs. Waterworks, 41 An. 921; Dillon on Municipal Corporations, Secs. 920, 922, and authorities there cited; Beach on Public Corporations, Sec. 681, and authorities there cited. By the Civil…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
The plaintiffs allege that the Louisiana Construction and Improvement Company is the present lessee of a very large portion of the wharves on the banks of the Mississippi river in front of the city of New Orleans, for a term of years, with several years thereof yet to run.
*531That said lease was farmed out to said corporation at public auction ; and ihat it acquired same for a large and valuable considera - tion, paid and to be paid to the city, over other bidders therefor.
That said corporation as lessee, as well as other taxpaying inhabitants…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Railroad Co. v. EllermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Henderson v. MayorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1832
- New Orleans v. Louisiana Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Hanson v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
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