Board of Com'rs of Petite Anse Drainage Dist. v. Iberia & Vermilion R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by the board of commissioners of the Petite Anse drainage district against the Iberia & Vermilion Railroad Company. Application by such company for writs of mandiamus, certiorari, and prohibition.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The object of this proceeding is to prohibit the enforcement of a mandatory injunction ordering the destruction by the sheriff of the parish of Iberia, at the instance of the “board,” of a bridge belonging to the “Company” (referring to the litigants). The facts disclosed by the petition and return herein filed are substantially as follows:
In 1891 the company, a corporation established under the laws of this state, built a railroad from Salt Mine Junction to Abbe-ville, in the parish of Iberia, and, as part of the same, constructed a bridge, or trestle, over…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Yale v. DuffelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- State ex. rel. John T. Moore, Jr. & Co. v. Judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
- New Iberia Rice Milling Co. v. RomeroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Marin v. ThierrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
- State ex rel. Shakespeare v. DuffelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Red River v. NolesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Harris v. PierceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1954
- Gamburg v. City of AlexandriaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Petit Anse Coteau Drainage Dist. v. Iberia & V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Pearce v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
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