Melburn v. Louisiana Const. & Imp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. This was a lihel by the Louisiana Construction & Improvement Company against the Tiverton (William Melburn and others, claimants), for wharfage. The district court rendered a decree for libelant. Claimants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
Tliis appeal raises only the question of whether wharfage dues, under the contract of the Louisiana Construction & Improvement Company with the city of New Orleans, of date May 23, 1891, should he charged and collected upon the gross or the net tonnage of the vessels using the wharf. For the reasons given in the case of Coul v. Improvement Co. (just decided) 62 Fed. 749, this case is ruled the same way, and the decree appealed from is affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Coul v. Louisiana Const. & Imp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1894