State v. Orleans Navigation Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal, from the court of the first district. The defendants appear to treat this cause with contempt. It seems as if they condescended to the formality of appearing here, only to see us condemned. I know the court will entertain a - different disposition; a disposition t@ regard this suit as the serious complaint of a great many poor people, who in their hearts believe, that an exorbitant tax is exacted from them without the authority of law.
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Appeal, from the court of the first district. The defendants appear to treat this cause with contempt. It seems as if they condescended to the formality of appearing here, only to see us condemned. I know the court will entertain a - different disposition; a disposition t@ regard this suit as the serious complaint of a great many poor people, who in their hearts believe, that an exorbitant tax is exacted from them without the authority of law. I must ask for the patience of the court* and think I have a right to expect it, because the case now to be decided, is one of no ordinary importance.…
1Opinion of the Court
This order was given some time after a suit had been brought, very inconsiderately and unsuccessfully, by the company, against a vessel of the united states, which they seized in order to obtain payment for tolls* But the justice of the general government would not suffer them to resent the illegal proceeding. Would the executive, distinguished always for their vigilant attention to economy in the expenditure of the public monies, have directed those tolls to be paid, under such circumstances, if they entertained any doubt of the right of the company to demand them ?
The counsel, towards the…
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