R. E. E. De Montluzin Co. v. New Orleans & N. E. R.

OVERTON,' J.

Marie Alphonse Michoud, in 1883, was the owner of a large tract of land, in the parish of Orleans, fronting on Lake'Pontchartrain, and extending from near Little Woods to Chef Menteur. In that year defendant was building its railroad into New Orleans, and obtained a right of way 200 feet wide through the Michoud tract. In the same year, namely, on November 7, 1883, defendant acquired from Michoud, by notarial act, a narrow strip of land, 3,000 feet in. length, fronting on Lake Pontchartrain, and adjoining its right of way in the rear. The transfer of this strip was made for the…