Asylum v. New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme'Court, of the State of Louisiana, The facts are stated in th® opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. justice Bradley
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes before us for the purpose of reviewing the judgment of the • Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, which sustained the validity of a certain tax imposed by the authorities of the city of New Orleans upon the property of the plaintiff in error, the “ St. Anna’s Asylum for the relief of destitute females .and helpless children of all religious denominations,” a charitable institution which was incorporated by an. act of the .legislature of Louisiana, approved April 29, 1853, for the purposes indicated by its name. The…
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