Xavier Realty, Ltd. v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by the Xavier Realty, Limited, against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff, a corporation organized under the laws of this state, alleges that it has possessed, as owner, for more than a year, 38 squares of ground in this city, and that defendant has recently made surveys, cut paths, staked lines, and otherwise trespassed thereon; that defendant intends to expropriate a strip of land running diagonally through 10 of said squares, and that such expropriation is unnecessary, for the reason that the city has grantéd to it the right to construct and maintain its rail*186way on certain streets, which are named; and that such right is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Xavier Realty, Ltd. v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. CoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
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