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TEXAS & P. RY. CO. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 11729.

159 F.2d 77 (1947)

TEXAS & P. RY. CO. et al. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esmond Phelps and John St. Paul, Jr., both of New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Michel Provosty, of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action under the Declaratory Judgments Act of June 14, 1934, 48 Stat. 955, 28 U.S.C.A. § 400. The parties plaintiff are Texas & Pacific Railway Company and Guy A. Thompson, Trustee of Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor, citizens of Texas and Missouri, respectively.1 The party defendant is City of New Orleans, a municipal corporation under the laws of Louisiana, operating the Public Belt...

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