Board of Liquidation of the City Debt v. City of New Orleans

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

The Court is called upon to determine in the present controversy, in whom is vested the power of disposing of the right of way through certain streets in the city of New Orleans.

It appears that on the 9th of June, 1880, the Council of said city passed ordinance No. 6523, authorizing the Administrator of Commerce to advertise in the official journal for sealed proposals for the extension of any one of the railroad lines above Canal street, through certain streets, below Canal street, the extension to be made under and according to…