Nicholls v. Byrne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Easters Hist. APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW'-‘ ORLEANS. The plaintiffs allege that on the 1st November, 1834, they leased a lot of ground in the City of New-Orleans, fronting on the Mississippi river, for the purpose of breaking up flatboats, and cutting and selling fire-wood and lumber, for the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, and gave their notes ,to the defendants.
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Easters Hist. APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW'-‘ ORLEANS. The plaintiffs allege that on the 1st November, 1834, they leased a lot of ground in the City of New-Orleans, fronting on the Mississippi river, for the purpose of breaking up flatboats, and cutting and selling fire-wood and lumber, for the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, and gave their notes ,to the defendants. That soon after they took possession they were notified by •the wharfinger to cease using the leased premises for this ■purpose, in pursuance of a city ordinance passed the 17th February,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarleton, J.
The petitioners aver that on the 1st November, 1834, they leased of defendant a lot of ground in front of the faubourg St. Mary, for the purpose of breaking up ñat-boats, and putting and selling fire-wood; that they executed to him their several promissory notes for the price of the lease; that after being established in their business, they were dispossessed of the ground leased, by the corporation of Newr Orleans, and prevented from the further prosecution of their enterprise, and conclude with a prayer that the defendant be decreed to return the notes and pay one thousand dollars damages.…
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