New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga Railroad v. City of New Orleans

In February, 1869, the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana passed an act whereby was granted to said company, “ the right to locate, construct, maintain and use a passenger depot, with office and apartments suitable for its legitimate business, upon the part or portion of the levee, or streets, or grounds in the city of New Orleans bounded by Canal, Delta and Poydras streets, and a line parallel to and one hundred and fifty feet easterly from Delta street, and for the construction of a freight depot and for the purpose of its legitimate business, to inclose and occupy the block of…