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NEW ORLEANS v. HOUSTON

119 U.S. 265 (1886)

NEW ORLEANS v. HOUSTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter H. Rogers and Mr. J. Ward Gurley, Jr., for appellants.

Mr. John A. Campbell for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 27th of January, 1881, the Louisiana State Lottery Company, alleging itself to be a corporation under the laws of the State of Louisiana, filed its bill in chancery against the City of New Orleans and the tax assessors for the Parish of Orleans, the object and prayer of which were to obtain a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from the assessment and collection of certain taxes about to be...

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