Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish, of Ouachita; Luther Egbert Hall, Judge. Action by the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The plaintiff corporation (organized under the laws of the state of Kentucky) instituted this suit to expropriate a right of way over the right of way of defendant company from Monroe to Alexandria.
It owns and operates telephone 'lines in Louisiana, as well as in other states of the Union. The purpose of the expropriation is to connect its lines with the projected line from Munroe to Alexandria.
The plaintiff in the expropriation suit introduced some testimony to show that it had been legally incorporated, but it did not introduce certain statutes essential to prove that it had been legally…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Bouguille v. DedeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1854
- Graham v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
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