Legal Opinion

Walsh v. New Orleans Cotton Exchange

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 2, 1937No. 33114PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a tort action and is a companion suit to the case of Walsh v. Bertel, 187 La. 877, 175 So. 605, growing out of the alleged unwarranted revocation of plaintiff’s license as a cotton weigher by the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and as a result thereof his discharge as a cotton weigher by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.

The case is before us on appeal from the ruling of the lower court excluding any testimony in the trial of the case for the reason that the plaintiff’s petition did not state a cause of action.

The suit was brought under the provisions…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Elfer v. Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass'n No. 12Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
  2. State Ex Rel. Orleans Athletic Club v. Louisiana State Boxing CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  3. State Ex Rel. Thoman v. State Board of Certified Public AccountantsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
  4. Walsh v. BertelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  5. State Ex Rel. Eberle v. State Board of Certified Public AccountantsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Sanders v. Louisiana High School Athletic Ass'nLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
  2. Marino v. WatersLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
  3. State Ex Rel. Bourgeois v. Board of Sup'rs of Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
  4. Heuer v. CRESCENT RIVER PORT PILOTS'ASSOCIATIONLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
  5. State Ex Rel. Rathe v. Jefferson Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943

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