City of Shreveport v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.

The city of Shreveport filed separate suits against four railroad companies operating within the limits of the municipality to expropriate a right of way across their tracks for the purpose of extending Allen avenue from Texas street to Hoadley street. Attached to the petition-filed in! each suit is a plat showing the particular property over which the right of way is sought to be acquired.

Plaintiff prayed for a jury of freeholders to try each case, and orders were issued by the district court for the summoning of the juries for the purpose.

The several defendant railroad companies appeared…