New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-19
THE COIRTS.
Decisions Of the Supreme Court.

Decisions of the Supreme Court.
JUDGMENTS AFFIRMED.
Thomas Z. feathers ct. ais. against Jonfl
W. CannOn-Sixth District Court Ior the
parish of Orleans.
Martin Batter. against JOHN Coleman ct
als-Seventh District Court
Fisher. johnson & Co against sIzer n
Owen-Fourth District Court.
Eclipse Towboat Company against the
Pontchartrain Railroad ConpanE-seVehth
Distric, Court.
L. Micou ct ala. against j. L. and y
BENJAMIN and l.. Madison Day. Ta,:aterro
dissenting-SecOrd Judicial District Court
Jefferson.
City Of New Orleans agains- A. w
Walkcr-Seventh District Court.
State on the relation of n. A. Robinson
against Charles 7. Draveguet.
State on the relation Of john Z. Golding
against James Graham, Auditor.
Marcus l.. Bell against LESSEE X. Powell
Sixth District Court. q
Ed. Nalle.against Caroline Carter. judg-
ment amended-Fitth Judicial District
Court
Commercial Bank of Kentucky against
Ed. Male & Co-Fourth District Court.
Germania National Bank against Charles
4. Whitney-Seventh District Court.
Myers & Wincheli against the Sun Mu
tual Insurance Company-Fitth District
Court.
: Jacob NJ. Payne against Bidiy Graham,
tutrix. judgment amended OF rehearlng.
State on the relation of the Bossier
school directors againstJa James Graham.
Succession of G. w. l.. Marr-SecOnd
District Court
City against A. w Wakes-Sixth Dis
trict Court.
JUDGMENTS REVERSED.
James o. Noyes against Sesismund
Loeb-Sxth District Court.
+. w. Irvine against X. A. Short & Co.
Sixth District Court.
Frank b. Green against G.. l.. Laugh
land-same.
John Bietry against the city Of New Or
lesns.1e@e against ga S., same: 90 n p;,,.
against B. l.. Lynch-Fifth Judicial! District
Court of Iberville.
A. L. Stewart against l.. Haas and
others-Seventh District Court
A. Miltenberger Il Co. against A. w.
Walker-case remanded to the Fifth Dis
trict Court.
l.. L. Perroux against Pierre Lacoste-
case remanded TO the Seventh District
Court
Mary d. Waddell against Payne and
Harrison and the sheritf-TAi-teenth Judi
cial District Court.
City against Bernard Heres-Fourth Dis
trict Court.
William Barrett against Alsanson p.
Hurd ct als-Seventh District Court.
State on the relation OF A. de MonasteriO
against Alfred Shaw ct al.-EIghth District
Court.
A. T. Stewart against Bloom. Kohn &
Co-Fourth District Court
Merchants Mutual Insurance Company
against the Louisiana State Mutual and
Citizens Mutual insurance Companies: the
suits of the city against ID. c. Bornio, and
also against ID. {. Johnston. Charles
Guenir, }. G.. Nora f. Modal. Cgarte &
Grijalva. Andres and Richmond. and NJ.
Peasant, were all decided on the basis of the
opinion delivered in the suit against Peasant.
These cases were all appealed from the
Fifth District Govt
State against A. E. Billings :ghth Dis
trict Court.
New Orleans. Mobile and Chattanooga
railroad against Francois Bougere. and
az iinst Chauvin Levos & Co.-case re-
st. Charles.
APPEALS DISMISSED.
State on the relation of Isdorn Newman
against James Graham. AuditOr-Eighth
District Court.
Eighth District Court.
REHEARING REFUSED.
A. w Walker against Etienne Villavaso.
Isaac Klein against the Crescent City
Railroad Company. Same against same.
Joseph Barriere against Louis Bartel.
Southern Dry Dock against William
Ia Dor ct ais.
c. T. Behrens against J, Maristanv ct ais.
II. Strickland against f. G.. Gay e. ais.
REIIEARISG GRANTED
Levy & Dieter against Dubo.s. Low 4
'oley.
PROHIBITION PERPETUAL.
State on the relation of Mrs. N Botsch
gainst the Judge of the Sixth District
curt
In the United States District Court. S j.
'!atow. the distiller, lost the case Of tie !
United States against the distillery. which |
'as declared forfeited. The jury were out |
ut half an hour. The. seizure was made |
everal years ago, and charges that several |
ect,Ons of the revenue law were violated.
t appears the principal charge was viola
ion of the section requiring books and
lank forms to be kept.
Among the suits filed yesterday was that
rougllt by ten insurance companies against
ne city in the Sixth District Court. These
lsuIdute companies are me FACTORS ana |
raiders, Louisiana. Hope, Louisiana State,
lechancs and Traders. Union, Atlantic.
commercial and New Orleans Marine. This
ction is brought to recover back taxes and
censes on capital stock" paid by them
nee 1865. and which payments, it is set up.
re unconstitutional by decree of the pres
Mt Supreme Court.
The licenses were collected under CITY
'dinances which are held by the insurance
violated the constitution of the
tate in force at the time they were en-
ted" The companies go on to say that
he city has eXacted and collected these
trious large amounts of money aforesaid
ON your petitioners without the color or
lth"rity of law, and still reclainls them in
oIali"n of the fundamental law of the
ate, and persists in the refusal to refund
en-, notwithstanding amicable demand
II Ease OF Paschal Parton against the
of the Metropolitan Police
as decided by a jury. A nonsuit
as given as against the commissioners of
lice for damages arising from the destruc-
IN by the police of the plaintiffs meat
lder the operation Of the Slaughterhouse
W. Against the superintendent a verdict
as given commanding the payment of the
penses incurred by plaintiff in the suit.