New Orleans Company v. Louisiana ex rel. New Orleans

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New Orleans Company v. Louisiana ex rel. New Orleans
John Marshall Harlan
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819493New Orleans Company v. Louisiana ex rel. New Orleans — SyllabusJohn Marshall Harlan
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United States Supreme Court

157 U.S. 219

New Orleans Company  v.  Louisiana ex rel. New Orleans

This was an application filed by the city of New Orleans, in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, for a writ of mandamus to compel the New Orleans City & Lake Railroad Company to perform certain contract obligations in reference to keeping streets, pavements, etc., in good repair. The writ was granted, and made peremptory, as prayed. On a writ of error to the supreme court of Louisiana, the judgment was modified and affirmed. 7 South. 606. The respondent brought error to this court.

George Denegre and Walter D. Denegre, for plaintiff in error.

E. A. O'Sullivan, for defendant in error.

Mr. Justice HARLAN, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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