Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. New Orleans & Carrollton R. R.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

This case comes up before us on the following agreed statement of fact:

“ When the Oarrollton Railroad Company bought the extension of its franchises from the city of New Orleans, it agreed to expend the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in paying the cost of paving the wood side of St. Charles avenue, from Louisiana avenue to Carrollton avenue, and to use any unexpended balance left over from this paving to pave Jackson street, from the terminus of the asphalt paving to Tchoupitoulas street, with gravel, and the short block…