Schmitt v. City of New Orleans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

The City Oouncil of New Orleans gave legal’notice •of its intention to cause the paving of Ursulines street from North Claiborne to Broad street, in order that the property holders, under Act 142 of 1894, might select, within the legal delay, the material with which the street should be paved, and the imposition upon them of the proportion of their assessments in accordance with said act.

The ordinance authorizing the pavement of the street, designated twenty-one feet as the portion of the street to be occupied by the tracks of the Orleans…