Orleans Navigation Co. v. Allard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. In 1830 the Orleans Navigation Company filed their petition, in which they alleged, “ That by the 13th section of the act entitled an act for improving the inland navigation of the territory of Orleans, the President and Directors of the said Company were authorized to lay out and construct toll-roads on each side of the bayou St. John, such road or roads to be constructed of shells, sand, or other hard mate, rials, and…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. In 1830 the Orleans Navigation Company filed their petition, in which they alleged, “ That by the 13th section of the act entitled an act for improving the inland navigation of the territory of Orleans, the President and Directors of the said Company were authorized to lay out and construct toll-roads on each side of the bayou St. John, such road or roads to be constructed of shells, sand, or other hard mate, rials, and to be at least of the breadth of twenty feet, and fit at all seasons for the passage of every kind of wheel carriages.…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
In this case the plaintiffs claim the forfeiture of the lake Pontchartrain road, which had been made and constructed by the defendant, Allard, under an agreement entered into between him and the company, in pursuance of rights granted in the charter of incorporation. They pray a judgment ordering that he may deliver up the road to them.. Rabassa, is also made a defendant in the suit, and judgment asked, requiring him to desist from claiming tolls, and to surrender a toll-gate and house in his possession. The defendants separated in their answers, and the cause was tried separately against…
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