Jones Island Realty Co. v. Middendorf

FOURNET, Justice.

Plaintiff, as owner of Jones Island, over and across which runs the Hammond-New Orleans Highway, instituted this suit against the defendant to recover rent at the rate of $7.50 per month for a period of 46 months for a 25-foot strip of land fronting on the said highway north of Pass Manchac, by a depth of 50 feet, leased to him, on which he constructed a post office building, and also to recover damages in the sum of $2,300 for obstructing access to .its land and for compensation for the use of a portion thereof by his unauthorized construction of a restaurant and refreshment…