Legal Opinion

Canal & Claiborne Streets Railroad v. Hart

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 4, 1885No. 283PublishedCited by 25 opinions

IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The facts which make the case are stated in the Opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mi?.. Justice Blatcheoed

delivered the opinion of the court.

' On the 3d of March, 1882, Judah Hart obtained a judgment, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, against the City of New Orleans, for $121,-697.18, with 5 per cent, per annum interest thereon until paid, and costs, in a suit commenced by him in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, against the city, to recover the amount of sundry debts due by the city, for labor done, services rendered, and materials furnished, which debts the creditors had assigned to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Meyer v. Construction CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Ayers v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Ex Parte BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. New Orleans v. MorrisU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana · 1877

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn. v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. Alexander v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Diamond Match Co. v. OntonagonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  4. Chase v. ErhardtDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1912
  5. Bankers Securities Corp. v. Insurance Equities Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1936

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