Roussel v. Railways Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Petitory action by Willis J. Roussel and another against the Railways Realty Company. There was a judgment for plaintiffs, who moved for a rule to show cause why Hugh McCloskey and others should not ¡be punished for contempt for interfering with the execution of the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The plaintiffs in this suit, Willis J. Roussel and Jasmin Feitel, brought a petitory action against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company to recover possession of certain lots of ground, adjoining the summer resort on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain known as “Spanish Fort,” which the said company was then establishing. To that suit the company filed a general denial. The case went to trial, and Roussel and Feitel offered in evidence, their chain of title. The company then offered in evidence a notarial act of sale, by which it appeared that said lots had been sold, by the New Orleans,…
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- Mitchell v. New Orleans & Northeastern RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Pons v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
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