NEW ORLEANS WATER WORKS v. NEW ORLEANS

No. 134.

164 U.S. 471 (1896)

NEW ORLEANS WATER WORKS COMPANY v. NEW ORLEANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.R. Beckwith for appellant.

Mr. Samuel L. Gilmore and Mr. Henry J. Leovy for appellee.

Mr. Thomas J. Semmes filed a brief for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was determined in the court below upon demurrer to the bill. The question presented is whether the bill set forth a cause of action entitling the appellant, who was the plaintiff below, to the relief asked.

The case made by the bill is substantially as follows: By the fifth section of the act of the general assembly of Louisiana, commonly known as Act No. 33, Extra Session of 1877, it was provided...

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