FISHER V. NEW ORLEANS, 218 U. S. 438 (1910)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Fisher v. New Orleans, 218 U.S. 438 (1910)
Fisher v. New Orleans
No. 43
Argued November 9, 10, 1910
Decided November 28, 1910
218 U.S. 438
Syllabus
The jurisdiction of this Court, under the contract clause of the federal Constitution, extends to doing away with the interference of a later law impairing the contract, but not to remedying erroneous construction of the original contract or to seeing that it is carried out according to the interpretation of this Court, apart from it.
There is nothing in this case that takes it out of the general rule above stated.
Whether or not delay constitutes laches is for the state court to decide.
Writ of error to review 121 La. 762 dismissed.
The facts, which involve the constitutionality, under the contract clause, of certain provisions of the Louisiana constitution of 1898, are stated in the opinion.