Bruning v. City of New Orleans

This is a possessory action brought by Mrs. Amelia J. Becker, widow of Theodore W. Bruning, against the city of New Orleans and its officials, to quiet plaintiff in the possession of certain property.

The pleadings are given in full in the original opinion herein handed down, and therefore need not be repeated here.

Suffice it to say that, if the property in controversy be of a nature subject to private ownership and exclusive private possession, then our former decree is correct, and should be reinstated.

On the other hand, if the property in controversy be of that class of public things, "the…