Legal Opinion
City of Shreveport v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 2, 1929No. 29143PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The present suit has been instituted by the city of Shreveport to compel the Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Company to remove from Marshall street two sets of piers supporting an overhead bridge, constructed over that street by defendant company.
Judgment was rendered in favor of the city ordering the piers removed, and defendant company has appealed.
Ordinance No. 11 of the city of Shreveport, adopted on October 10, 1905, grants to the Kansas City,' Shreveport & Gulf Railway Company the right “to construct, build and operate in perpetuity an additional standard gauge railroad track on…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Hadacheck v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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