Wilkie v. Walmsley

The De Paul Sanitarium, a private institution, owns (among others) two whole squares of ground facing Coliseum street, between Henry Clay and Calhoun streets. The city of New Orleans, by ordinance No. 12775 C. G. S., has authorized its- mayor to exchange that portion of Coliseum street separating said two squares, for other property belonging to the sanitarium, and .necessary for the widening of Apricot street,

The plaintiffs are property owners and residents of the neighborhood, and seek to enjoin the execution of the ordinance. The plaintiffs do not (and manifestly could not) claim that the…