New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-06
THE COURTS.
Yff;k Dlstriet Court.

Colonel LOUIS Power desires 20 call the
attention OF the city authorities to the diiap
idated condition OF the courtroom anu
Clerks Office of the Fifth District Court.
The torn mating on the foor and the gen
orally dilapidated condition OF the rooms
may be pleasing study tor antiqns1iahs'
but distateful to visitors and occupants.
igh,h ID strict Court-The City's Stock
liz the jackson kaairoad-Am Ir1uac-
tion and u 3x andamuc.
RenrvS. McComb va. the Jackson Railroad
Company this case, the plaintiff yester-
day morning obtained an Injunction against
the defendants, through his attorneys,
| Messrs. Hays & New, Randolph, Single
ton & Brown, and Billings Hughes.
| The petitioner sets forth that he Is the law
| full owner of so 600 shares OF the said rat
road, for which he paid the sum OF S50V oUo
in cash to the city of New Orleans. which
! shares, he alleges were sold to hlm py VIZ
| tue Of an act of the Legislature.
| That the said stock was duly transferred
| to him by W. S. Mount, Treasurer OF the
| city Of New Orleans; and in conclusion, that
| Mr. K. s. Charles, Secretary OF the com
pany, refuses to transfer the stock purchased
by him on the books OF said company.
The security upon the bond of $50 GU was
furnished by Mr.. Richard P itchard.
Judge Dibbie issued the junction against
the defendants, enjoining them from trans
ferring to any corporation or person, other
than plaintiff, the eighty thousand shares OF
the stock of the New Orleans, jackson and
Great Northern Railroad Company; sold to
plaintiff by the city OF New Orleans, mum
bered 1lS5 and 229, the first for twelve thou
s&nd shares aud the second for sixty elshV
thousand shares IN said company, and here
tofore held by the city of New Orleans.
Also, that the said company, the directors
thereof, and the said Charles be and they
are hereby perpetually epJolned from voting
thereon, or from permitting any person
other than plaintiff, or any corporation, IRON
voting thereon at the ensuing election tol
directors of said company and that they
and each OF them be perpetually enJolnec
from canceling said stock, or erasing sbt
same from the books of said company, oil
from issuing any new stock therefor, ol
| substituting other stock for it, or permitting
it to be used or controlled in any manner OF
any corporation or person other than pain
tiff That they and each of them are en-
| will interfere with or impair the pialDtu
, right or claim as set up, to use and ENJOY
| said stock.
Later in the day claimant filed another
petition, recitine the facts previously sc
forth in his application for an Injunction
and asking q mandamus against the com
pany, directing them to forthwith transtel
| tlc SLOch III w .sAAN ~
do nothing that shall impede, hinder o.
obstruct him from casting the votes whlci
he is entitled TO, as owner OF the S0,OO'
shares OF stock. Judge Dibble signed thu
order to show cause on Friday, the eight
instant at eleven O'Clock in the morning
why mandamus should not issue. -
The Agae,.tracy ut AlgIera-
State ex rel Eugene McCarty VS.. william
J. Channing.-Iu this case, tried yesterda,
before jury in the Sixth District Court
relator states that On the seventeenth ant
eighteenth of April. 1868, he was elected
Fifth Justice of the Peace for that portion O
the parish OF Orleans on tue right bank 0
the river, including the town OF Algiers, TO-
the term Of two years. About the first o
June. 1868, he was duly commissioned an,
entered on the duties of his Office. He wa
enjoying the emO!uments of his position
until about the twentieth Of December fol
lowing. when ne was surprised by the de
fendaat claiming TO act under commission
from the Governor. The jury brought in
verdict il favor Of the plaintiff. A. 2. Field
OF counsel.