Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, Volume 13state, 1859 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 636 - States, and that the river Mississippi and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same or into the Gulf of Mexico shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said state as to other citizens of the United States, without, any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor imposed by the said state.
Page 56 - No one species of property shall be taxed higher than another species of property of equal value, on which taxes shall be levied ; the legislature shall have power to levy an income tax, and to tax all persons pursuing any occupation, trade or profession.
Page 402 - No ex" post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligations of contracts, shall be passed, nor vested rights be divested, unless for purposes of public utility and for adequate compensation previously made.
Page 609 - Code, the first of which (article 2315), as amended in 1884, declares that 'every act whatever, of man, that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it...
Page 169 - Society shall be called the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States.
Page 427 - That the same be not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state, or of the United States...
Page 553 - Code undertook to abolish these distinctions by enacting that "every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it.
Page 648 - Every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title...
Page 130 - States, be taxed higher than residents; and that all the navigable waters within the said state shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor...
Page 266 - ... person of such defendant or party accused; and upon failure to comply therewith, on motion of the attorney representing the State, the court shall forthwith enter up judgment against principal and securities in solido for the full amount of the bond, recognizance or obligation.