Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co. v. Louisiana W. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Action by the Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway against the Louisiana Western Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff company instituted this suit for the purpose of expropriating several crossings over the tracks of the defendant company as per map attached to the petition. The petition alleges that the crossings sued for are necessary to enable plaintiff company to properly conduct its business as a common carrier “and for the interest of the public and in order that it may reach various places of business” in the city of Lake Charles.
Defendant excepted that the petition sets forth no legal cause of action and no right of action against the defendant. This exception was overruled, and the…
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