Barker v. City of New Orleans

This is a possessory action, and the subject is a certain piece of property situated in square 425, bounded by Dublin, Fig, Carrollton avenue, and Pritchard streets. The lot fronts 55 feet on Fig street and 120 feet on Dublin street.

A rule nisi was issued against the city to show cause why an. injunction should not issue restraining the city from molesting or disturbing the plaintiff in his alleged actual possession of said property. In answer to this rule, the city denied that the plaintiff was in the actual possession of the property and claimed that the city had possessed said property for…