Brewer v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis) Judge. Action by Mrs. Annie E. Brewer against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company.
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Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis) Judge. Action by Mrs. Annie E. Brewer against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff that she recover the land claimed, subject to a servitude in behalf of defendant railroad company for passage for railroad purposes generally, extending 25 feet on. each side of the center of defendant’s track, traversing the same, and for costs, dismissing plaintiff’s claim for damages, and in favor of defendant against its warrantors and others for costs. From the judgment, so far as same is adverse to…
1Opinion of the Court
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MONROE, J.
Plaintiff prays to be decreed the owner (subject to a servitude, in favor of defendant, of a right of way, not to exceed 15 feet in width) of a certain portion of the square of ground, No. 150, in this, city, bounded by Hagan avenue, Violet (or Clark), Melpomene, and Thalia streets, all,, as described in her petition (and supplemental petition) and as approximately represented on the subjoined sketch, the portion in question being represented by the letters *547B, B, B, and bounded by Hagan avenue, Melpomene, and Clark streets and tbe “fence,” tbe latter, perhaps…
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