New Orleans Republican., 1871-03-26
PETITION.

. zl|sas st Hi VeueIoA ASousSt
mhss it ep Nos. !: and . Camp street:
PETITION. 's
To the Honorable the Judge Of the Eighth District
Court for the psrisll o. Orleans
Yhe pstition ofC MehIe 1 Co.. a commercial firm
domiciled aud doing bnsineas IN the par;sn q VI
leaus and con,i,osea q Christian Mehe, -.
s"ins .uSn ~ as irm and as individpals, With
respect Representa-. that the said hrm ef : g:
1--we Stock Lending and Slsuehtrrhouse Company,
and that Christian Aehls, member Of TIE MIN. -
also stockholder in :aid ss1ehtsrhcI,s ccrls1y,
liylduaj name being each the OwnAx aud holder Of
thirty sharrs OF the stock Of the aata company
That s S i
81 act No ll8 Of the acts Of the GENERAL Assembly
q the state e. Lonsisna sna gonl rn1
snsnt to the reanssoents Of tle thisd ~ section
Of said act, has erected ON the west bank Of the
New ssoIes orIesns opsloasss and Grsst western Rail-
First-whsrves, landings. stable. shsd. ysrds
sbelterfng protecting and preserving, snd kseping
ali kinds q horses uues, eaetle and ethrr anima.;
sn@ tass Of suicent espsety to
modste the butchers, and that the sheds esahlcs,
yards and landings erected and built are adeqnate
at this port az required by the third section Of the
acs Aforesaid; and that due notice was HiSem by
the th section Of ths act s1orsssid; and that said
buildings and improvements were erected =
heavy sxpss.s e M the .;,s ssnpssy Nv IN. .o..nv
10 eligible and Of easy access from all points ard
ct such distance ~ il considered conducive to
and that the improvements constructed answer
perfectly their object, to wit the facilitating the
sla9shteriny q anma.s .t % lee: than could q
the place hereafter designated.
T1irtl-Y0ur petitioners represent that the site
lnents thereon erected before the first Of Janr,
1859 and that the State has acquiesc4d In aud &C.
cepted the acts Of s.ie comPsny IN se,d respects
quirements OF said act.
FouYth-Your petiiioners further represent that
and purchasing and selling stock, horsrs and
mules from the State OF Texas and other States.
and that in the summer OF iSss their business vas
fersOn and that at said time they removed their
business from said stock landing to the said
ever since engaged in said business to tlis date.
That in order TO manage their business with suo-
cess. they have gone 20 the expense OF le.sing
pastures for accommodation Of stock received:
have leased dwelling houses, and removed their
families ct great expense; and that annually pets
stock chiefly from the state Of Texas, aud that the
most convenient and least expensive place far land
ing, stsblng yardins slaughterins aud selling cat
buildings, and established itself under the pro
visions Of the act AFORESAID.
c.sn ~ 1a.1, sesU -. s.sas s, smoSsu Om .ne
City OF JensSson: sn9 locateN lnemseives pesmAn.
eutiy near thS ouila.n4 ol sa1a company IN xoo1
tatn sna on tne essNIaoce Oi setN company thet
tne i0catIon .! tne 1Sues ~ pef9nnent.
NSI su.. - S; os = 49, 49, elnSr IN
tnelt s Sss..sss. ~ H. :.s Me cOntou'
sncc os sno ss~n;: s"u ~ s .s lily VI sne y u
~ Cp.S ~. r.s tt ~ . ...s sme ou.ones
ticns for the uses named il the act.
Mntn-.nst yCW p9sN9eIs neve learned and
p s.leke, tnss .,c Os1 nos.o OI ytecsors cx salo
TmpsN nssc 1nsoIoI % intv ~, o.nstse0 vssn the
v0 .'s,csc csocA - S.ta.. % ' .no
uDes Z. ~ ~CsO ~ Win tne
ccmPIMny' ~ w1.eh s RreMsen5 q tns oia ooerd,
and Of t6e aai cf te \.
Charies Csvsroc. Paul Rste6an. wilma Fse.yn =
r. Aycock, Louis Ruch, J. r Rouede William nav.
lie Il Beaubav aud q lSitseneer - n new hc~,s,
and that in said compromise and Arrangement il
provenests owned Sy the Live s' ssocE es Deasrs s,
Isisry pi.ntaticc % the east bank q the Si.si: %
we're purchaseS st The Mica o. one B"nr snd
ninety thousand dollars, and that the new board
ments % well as all other property belonging to
the Live stock Dealers and Butchers' Association,
ssd Bo:rd Of estoPs thai y !. ess fssr y
remove the business OF said compsny from the
I 1slSM the 5 and to .bspoa
ssid sbsndonnent - mil he made ~;tis,t anu ~. LA
feiture Of the charter and the destruction Of the
stock fO irfQv In