City of New Orleans v. Riddell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans. Action by the city of New Orleans against P. G. Riddell. David J. Butler intervenes. Judgment for defendant was reversed by the court of appeal, and Butler applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This ease is here on writ of review to the court of appeal, parish of Orleans. It is an expropriation suit. The controversy is between the defendant and an intervener. The intervener claims to be the owner of the property by virtue of a promise of sale from defendant, and to be entitled to receive the price of the expropriation. There is in the record a good deal of parol evidence, but, the matter involved being title to real estate, all this evidence was properly ruled out by the district court, and improperly considered by the court of appeal, and must be ignored.
The case is peculiar. In…
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