Browne v. Town of Providence
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Carroll; Francis Xavier Ransdell, Judge. Action by E. Wayles Browne against the town of Providence and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
Plaintiff, in his petition, alleged: That he was the owner of certain described lots in the addition to the town of Providence designated and known as the “Brown & Burney Addition to the Town of Providence.” That said town was chartered by Act No. 88, p. 134, of the Acts of the General Assembly of Louisiana of 1876, section 8 of which was amended by Act No. 93, p. 144 of the Acts of 1878, in which legislative charter the territorial limits of said town are specifically defined, and have never since been in any wise legally changed. That his-above-described…
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