New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-07
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t,ou by the City AttOrney-He De
uoun,es Thear Sale as Fraud-dsen-
.rai BeaureSnrd Ensoined not 40
Transfer the stock-The Bonds Sc
ouesiered.
Henry S. McComb VS.. the jackson Rail-
road Company. this case Mr.. j. X.
Beck with, City Attorney, yesterday filed IN
the Eighth District Court, petition of In
tervention on the part4of the city OF New
Orleans, in which he states that the repre-
sentations of the plaintiff in his petition.
fled in this case, that he is the owner OF
80, 900 shares of the stock Of the Jackson
railroad, acquired, as he pretendS, from the
| city, are in all respects false, as he well
knew at the time he brought the suit. That
| this suit was instituted IN turtherance OF a
remorseess scheme of fraud, and by bribery
and corruption to deprive the clty OF q large
| portion OF its property.
| The petition asks that the stock be seques.
| tered and deposited in court, and in case de-.
| fendant fails or refuses to obey the order OF
! the court, that there be judgment deCreeinS
the sale of the bonds to be null and void.
| General Beauregard president Of the rail-
| road company, and Mr. Charles, its secre-
tary, are also el Joined from transferring on
their books, any stock registered IN the name
| OF the city.
| six,a District GOurt-The Steamship p
| Nhnrvc. On ST. u oseph Street.
Charles Morgan We. Chattanooga Railroad.
| In this case plaintiff alleges that he Is the
| owner Of /. line of steamships running be.
| tween this port and Galveston, and has
| been running the line about thirty years;
| that during Il greater part OF that time his
steamship landing has been where 1t now
| is, in the vicinity of St. Joseph street; that
by law the city Of New Orleans is vested
| with exclusive control over its landings,
and has appropriated certain space at the
foot of St. Joseph street for the landing OF
| steamships.
Petitioner AYERS that the Chattanooga
Railroad Company, combining with the
| Bosrd of Harbormasters. aud particularly
with William B. Hall, HarbOrmaster of the
petitioner of his right to the use of said
landing, and that said ". B. Hall has mott
fed petitioner TO remove his steamship;
| within five hours from eleven O'Clock A. M
of the ff'h instant, and if they are removed
there Is no place to which they can go.
Petitioner AYERS that the Chattanooga
Railroad Company alege claims TO the eX-
elusive use Of a portion of the wharves OIL
St. Joseph street that are In conflict with tbs
ownership of the city OF New Orleans, anC
with the ordinances thereof, aud in violation
of The rights Of petitioner. He asks that de
PENDANTS be eDjolned from proceeding IL
their illegal acts, and from interfering witt
him in the use Of the wharves aforesaid
He claims $1,000 damages. An injunction
was issued in accordance with the prayer o.
the petitioner, the bond being fixed at So.
900. Leovy & Monroe, plaintiffs attorneys
Eighth District Court.
New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga
Railroad VS.. the city of New Orleans, ct al
Plaintiffs have filed a petition in this court
through their attorneys, Campbell. Spotfort
& Campbell alleging that defendants art
about to lay rails across the track of taei
railroad, and asks that they be eDjoined.
Plaintiffs complain that the defenda It:
continue TO obstruct and impede the right 0
way as granted them by the acts OF the Leg
islature, approved August 10, 1868, and tht
twenty-frst OF January, 1870, PARTICULAR.
complaining of the obstructions now being
put up by defendants opposite to jackson
| SQUARE, and between that square and tht
river, by building six tracks that cross TIN
location of the liue OF way granted to petl
tiouer, and at nearly right angles. and con
| verging as they approach said lines; ant
that the lines of these tracks cross each othe
by frog plates, of large dimensions. to th
great obstruction and injury of petitioner
right OF passage.
On the above showing Judge Dibble issuei
8n INJUNCTION, restraining dep0nents from
doing OF persisting in any of the acts com
planned OF.
| IUntCNdrU&lD AdilTOtsu W. Ltle nOolle t.ii
Chatta nooga Railroad. In this case, yester
day, Messrs. Campbell, SpotfJrd Camp
bell, attorneys for defendants, took rult
1tSj upon plaintiffs to show cause, on Mon
day, the eleventh instant, why the injunc
tion issued in this case, in the Seventh Dis
trict Court, SHOULD not be transferred 10 tin
Eighth District Court. The position assumed
in the rule IS. that the Seventh Distric
; Court is diyesJed of jurisdiction in iDjuuc
; ton cases bv the act of t. G Legislature Q
March 1G, 1870, establishing the Eighth Dis
tries Court. The question IS 10 whetne
lhis court is legally constituted will probshl
come up when ;hi5 rule is argued, and fror
the great legal ability enlisted in the cause
the argument Will doubtless be Interesting
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crowded every noon and every night. D
not fail to 90 to the entertainment.