Wilkins v. City of Shreveport

|,The City of Shreveport (“the city”) is appealing the trial court’s judgment ordering that, if deemed necessary, it is to remove the sidewalk, at its expense, in order to make accommodations for Corrie Johnson Wilkins to be buried next to her husband. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS

Mrs. Wilkins is the owner of the Leonard Johnson Wilkins burial plot (“family plot”) located in Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana. The family plot contains six gravesites, which are occupied by Mrs. Wilkins’ parents, grandparents, aunt, and her late husband, Robert L. Wilkins. A public…