New Orleans & N. W. R. v. Town of Vidalia
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia; Nathan Meredith Calhoun, Judge ad hoc. Action by the New Orleans & Northwestern Railroad Company and the Union Oil Company against the town of Vidalia. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The town of Vidalia, having, by Ordinances 57, 59, and 60, of 1905, undertaken to change its boundaries so as to include certain property owned by plaintiffs, they (plaintiffs) brought this suit, alleging that the ordinances are unreasonable, and, if enforced, will result in serious damage to them, and that the law authorizing their adoption is unconstitutional. The law thus referred to is found in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, pp. 225, 226, of Act No. 136 of 1898, and reads as follows:
“Sec. 3. * * * To enlarge or contract the boundaries of a city, town, or village,…
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