Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Longview Sugar Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of St. James; C. T. Wortham, Judge. Action by the Yazoo & Mississippi Talley Railroad Company against the Longview Sugar Company. From judgment for each party in part, plaintiff appeals, and defendant takes a devolutive appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommertille, J.
The plaintiff corporation is now, and has been for a long term of years, operating a railroad in this state, passing through the parish of St. James, wherein the property of defendant is located. It alleges that owing to the building of a new levee paralleling the present levee along the Mississippi river in said parish, made necessary by caving banks on property located above that of defendant, that it has become necessary to remove its tracks, and to relocate its roadbed by constructing another roadbed, as shown on a blueprint, plan, or diagram attached to the petition. The map embraces the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- St. Julien v. Morgan Louisiana & Texas RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- State ex rel. City of New Orleans v. EllisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Yazoo & M. V. R. v. TeissierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
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- Yazoo & M. V. R. v. TeissierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
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