Louisiana Contracting Co. v. Board of Com'rs of Port of New Orleans

An opinion prepared in this ease by the late Chief Justice was not finally passed on, owing to the change in the composition of the court, and the case was reset for argument, and has been reargued and resubmitted. As the said opinion covers the case completely, and appears to be correct, we now adopt it as that of the court. It is as follows:

Statement of the Case.

Plaintiff (hereafter called company) prosecutes this appeal from a judgment rejecting its demands for the return of a “certain derrick barge,” “shaft and impeller,” of which it claims ownership, and alleges that defendant (hereafter…