Case Name: THE ANGERTON. MELBURN et al. v. LOUISIANA CONST. & IMP. Co.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1894-05-22
Citations: 62 F. 753
Docket Number: No. 221
Parties: THE ANGERTON. MELBURN et al. v. LOUISIANA CONST. & IMP. Co.
Judges: Before PARDEE and McCORMICK, Circuit Judges, and LOCKE, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 62
Pages: 753–753

Head Matter:
THE ANGERTON. MELBURN et al. v. LOUISIANA CONST. & IMP. Co.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 22, 1894.)
No. 221.
Appeal from the District Court of the 'United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
This was a libel hy the Louisiana Construction & Improvement Company against, the Angerton (William Melburn and others, claimants), for wharf-age. The district court rendered a decree for libelant. Claimants appealed.
Henry P. Dart, for appellants.
,1. R. Beckwith, for appellee.
Before PARDEE and McCORMICK, Circuit Judges, and LOCKE, District Judge.

Opinion:
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises only the question of whethei wharfage dues, under the contract of the Louisiana Construction & Improvement Company with the city of New Orleans, of date May 23, 1891, should be charged and collected upon the gross or the net tonnage of the vessels using the wharf. For the reasons given in the case of Coul v. Improyement Co. (just decided) 02 Fed. 749, this case is ruled the samo way, and the decree appealed from is affirmed.