Rost v. Mayor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an action against the corporation of New-Orleans, to recover the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, the alleged value of two rollers of an iron sugar mill, and the iron and brass frame work belonging thereto, which, the plaintiff states, the corporation took forcible and illegal possession of, and caused them to be sold without any legal authority. The corporation pleaded a general denial.
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APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an action against the corporation of New-Orleans, to recover the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, the alleged value of two rollers of an iron sugar mill, and the iron and brass frame work belonging thereto, which, the plaintiff states, the corporation took forcible and illegal possession of, and caused them to be sold without any legal authority. The corporation pleaded a general denial. On the trial it justified and offered evidence to show that the objects in question remained on the levee for a long…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
The plaintiff sues to recover a sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, alleged to be the value of two rollers of an English iron sugar mill, and of the iron frame and brass works thereof, which, he states, were illegally taken possession of by the defendants, and by them caused to be sold for the sum of eighteen dollars, in his absence, without his knowledge, and in violation of his right of ownership.
There was judgment in the court below in favor of the plaintiff for the amount claimed, and the defendants appealed.
It appears that in consequence of an act of the legislature approved on…
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