City of New Orleans v. Graihle

The first question presented in this case is, whether the city can maintain an action to recover the tax imposed by its ordinance on the owners of real estate, to meet their subscriptions to the stock of the two railroad companies, known as the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern, and the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad Companies. That question was not raised in the case of the Police Jury v. John McDonogh’s Succession, in which this court affirmed the constitutionality of the Act of the Legislature of the 12th of March, 1852, under the authority of which the ordinance,…