Pontchartrain Railroad v. Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

This appeal is by the defendant from the judgment awarding plaintiff compensation for the damage to the railroad, caused by the construction by defendant of a levee across the defendant’s road.

The defendant, created a corporation by legislative act to construct and maintain a levee system in the Orleans Levee District by levees on the river, canal, lake or elsewhere, about building a levee between the rear of the city and the lake, crossing plaintiff’s railroad, was enjoined by plaintiff on the ground that the levee would cause plaintiff…