La Rosa v. Mayor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIRST DISTRICT. In August, one thousand eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, the corporation of New-Orleans passed an ordinance, by which they prohibited the sale of oysters, except in certain places therein designated. In virtue of this ordinance, the privilege of vending oysters, at the designated stands, was adjudicated to the plaintiff, as the highest bidder, for the price of six thousand dollars.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIRST DISTRICT. In August, one thousand eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, the corporation of New-Orleans passed an ordinance, by which they prohibited the sale of oysters, except in certain places therein designated. In virtue of this ordinance, the privilege of vending oysters, at the designated stands, was adjudicated to the plaintiff, as the highest bidder, for the price of six thousand dollars. The plaintiff stated, in his petition, that, in consequence of the sale of oysters by other persons, and the ineffectual steps taken by the defendants to maintain him…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
The petitioner states that the corporation of the city of New-Orleans, by an ordinance of their council, established an exclusive right to sell oysters within the city in such person as might become the purchaser of the privilege granted by the ordinance. That the right so conferred was adjudicated to him. That he has paid the sum of six thousand dollars therefor, and that various other persons, during the time his px-ivilege lasted, sold oysters in the city, without any effectual steps being taken by the officers of their corporation to prevent them. He alléges damages to have been sustained…
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