Legal Opinion
Kansas City Southern Railroad v. City of Deridder
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 29, 1968No. 2193PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Judge.
This is an action for a declaratory judgment annulling a paving assessment insofar as it purports to affect a tract of land occupied by plaintiff as a right of way for a railroad.
The suit was instituted by The Kansas City Southern Railroad Company against *564the City of DeRidder. The property affected by the special assessment is a strip of land on which a part of the main line of defendant’s railroad is located, running along the west side of Jefferson Street in DeRidder. The ordinance levying the special assessment asserts that this property has a frontage of 390.7 feet on that…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Branson v. BushSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Road Improvement District No. 3Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
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