Riverside Realty Co. v. City of New Orleans

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

This is a suit by a Delaware corporation against the City of New Orleans for damages and attorneys fees for the alleged wrongful taking for public street purposes property claimed to be owned by plaintiff in that municipality.

The City defended on the ground that the property involved was already in public use at the time it was alleged to have been wrongfully taken for street purposes ; that a tacit dedication of the property for public use had already been made by the property owner and had continued for many years.

The land forms the southern portion of Square 1608,…