Board of Com'rs v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

BRUNOT X

(dissenting). The board of commissioners of the port of New Orleans, a political corporation, created by and existing under the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, purchased from New Orleans Water Supply Company a square of ground in the Eirst district of the city of New Orleans, bounded by South Peters, Water, Orange, and Richard streets for the purpose of constructing warehouses and other structures thereon in aid of commerce in connection with its administration of the port of New Orleans. The square of-ground thus acquired has always been private property, not subject…