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LA. PUB. SERV. COMM. v. MORGAN'S CO.

No. 421.

264 U.S. 393 (1924)

LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ET AL. v. MORGAN'S LOUISIANA & TEXAS RAILROAD & STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.M. Barrow, with whom Mr. A.V. Coco, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Henry H. Chaffe, with whom Mr. George Denegre, Mr. Victor Leovy, Mr. Harry McCall and Mr. Jas. Hy. Bruns were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Ivy G. Kittredge, by leave of Court, filed a brief on behalf of the City of New Orleans, as amicus curiae, asserting its jurisdiction over the subject matter in question.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

March 29, 1923, the appellant Commission issued an order which directed —

"That within fifteen days from the date of this order the Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company shall commence to repair and put in a safe and suitable condition for vehicular and other traffic, such repairs to be completed within a reasonable time thereafter, the existing viaduct over, above and...

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