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N.O. WATERWORKS v. LA. SUGAR CO.

No. 38.

125 U.S. 18 (1888)

NEW ORLEANS WATERWORKS COMPANY v. LOUISIANA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.R. Beckwith for plaintiff in error.

Mr. S. Teakle Wallis for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in its original petition relied on a charter from the legislature of Louisiana, which granted to it the exclusive privilege of supplying the city of New Orleans and its inhabitants with water from the Mississippi River, but provided that the city council should not be thereby prevented from granting to any person "contiguous to the river" the privilege of...

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