Louisiana & A. Ry. Co. v. State Board of Appraisers
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Suit by the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company against the State Board of Appraisers to cancel assessment on property. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
BREAUX, C. J.
The plaintiff complains of a judgment rendered against it in a suit brought against defendant to cancel the assessment upon its property.
The Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad Company and the Arkansas-Louisiana & Southern Railway Company were consolidated into one under the name of the Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad Company.
Plaintiff through learned counsel states that one section of its road measures 17.35 miles from Cotton Valley to Minden in Webster parish; 16.92 miles from Ashland to the Saline Bayou in Natchitoches parish; 8 miles of road from Minden to one…
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