Saucier v. City of New Orleans

Citations

• 119 La. 179
• 43 So. 999
• 1907 La. LEXIS 454

Syllabus

<p>1.States — State Property— Conferring Administration on Municipality.</p> <p>Article 58 of the Constitution, in prohibiting the granting of state property to persons or corporations, does not prohibit the state from changing the destination of particular public property or from intrusting the administration of such property to the municipal corporation within the limits of which it lies.</p> <p>2. Dedication — Validity.</p> <p>A dedication by the state to the “people of New Orleans, for public use, for public park, or amusement park, purposes,” of a parcel of land lying beneath the waters of Lake Ponchatrain, is none the less a dedication to the public because the words “people of New Orleans” are used, since those who are not so may become people of New Orleans, if, and when, they choose, or they may avail themselves of the dedication without becoming people of New Orleans.</p> <p>3. Statutes — Title oe Act — Grant oe State Property — Constitutional Land.</p> <p>Act No. 209, p. 363, of 1906, contravenes neither article 58 nor article 31 of the Constitution.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>