Legal Opinion
City of Shreveport v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 1, 1939No. 35025PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
The City of Shreveport instituted expropriation suits against four different railroad companies for the purpose of extending Allen Avenue from its intersection with Texas Avenue across the tracks and property of the railroads to Hoadley Street in order to open up a thoroughfare to relieve the congestion of traffic on its other streets in that locality. One of the suits so instituted was that of the City of Shreveport v. Kansas City, S. & G. Railway Company, 184 La. 473, 166 So. 471. When we entertained this suit we passed on all the issues except the defendant’s claim for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- New York & New England Railroad v. BristolSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- McMahon v. St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co. v. Louisiana W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Opelousas, Gulf & N. E. Ry. Co. v. St. Landry Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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