New Orleans Terminal Co. v. Firemen's Charitable Ass'n
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish Of Orleans; John St. Paul, Judge. Expropriation proceedings by the New Orleans Terminal Company against the Firemen’s Charitable Association. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. On motion to dismiss.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
The plaintiff sues to expropriate, for railroad purposes, a right of way through certain land owned by defendant. The answer sets up that the land sought to be expropriated forms part of a cemetery, and that the proposed line of the railroad can be diverted without great public loss or inconvenience, and alleges that, should the objection to the expropriation not be maintained, the ■ defendant should be paid some $24,000 ‘as compensatory damages. The jury brought in a verdict in general terms “in favor of the plaintiff,” and assessed the value of the land to be taken and the damages at…
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