New Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle Railroad v. McNeely
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. On Motion to Dismiss.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Breaux, J.
The plaintiff sues to expropriate a small triangular lot of ground situated in Algiers. Plaintiff tendered to the defendant the sum of fifty dollars for the lot, which the latter declined to accept.
The defendant denies plaintiff’s allegation, and reconvened for damages and attorney’s fees, which she fixes at more than three thousand dollars. The jury’s verdict sustained the prayer to expropriate the land and assessed the value of the land expropriated at five hundred dollars. After the verdict the defendant abandoned his demands in…
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- Givens v. Yazoo M.V.R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
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