Legal Opinion
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Police Jury ex rel. Parish of Lafayette
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 31, 1954No. 41078PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff, Western Union Telegraph Company, alleging it moved under protest at the direction of the Police Jury of Lafayette Parish — then engaged in a program of improving navigation in that parish under the authority of Act 68 of 1921 34:361 of the Revised Statutes of 1950 — its telegraph line1 constructed and maintained for many years across Vermilion river in a line paralleling the railroad bridge crossing the river at that point, as authorized by Revised Statutes 696, as amended,2 in order that a land dredge used in connection with this improvement work might…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- New Orleans Gaslight Co. v. Drainage CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- City of Shreveport v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- Illinois Cent. R. v. City of MayfieldCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1929
3Cited by2 opinions
- Southern California Gas Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
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