State ex rel. City of New Orleans v. Ellis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Application by the state, on the relation of the city of New Orleans, for writs of mandamus, certiorari, and prohibition to T. C. W. Ellis, judge of Division A, civil district court, parish of Orleans.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
By Civ. Code, art. 2630, and Acts No. 96, p. 142, of 1896 and No. 227, p. 457, of 1902, the state has imposed upon itself, and upon the political corporations established by it, the same conditions with respect to the exercise of the power of eminent domain as are imposed upon other corporations to which that power is granted.
Where the owner objects that the quantity of land sought to be expropriated exceeds that which is necessary for the purpose intended, the question so presented, as also the question of the value of the land, must be-submitted to the jury, and is subject to appeal. Civ.…
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