Gill v. City of Lake Charles
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Apipeal from Fifteenth. Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Action hy H. C. Gill and others against the City of Lake Charles and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This suit was heretofore dismissed on an exception of misjoinder of parties, and plaintiffs appealed. The judgment was reversed, and the cause remanded for trial on the merits. See Gill et al. v. City of Lake Charles et al., 119 La. 17, 43 South. 897.
The city of Lake Charles by ordinance granted to the St. Louis, Watkins & Gulf Railway a franchise to construct and operate a steam railroad on Front street, so called, from Clarence street to Broad street. Plaintiffs as taxpayers, and as property holders along Front street, and as the owners of the land used as a highway, commonly called Front…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gill v. City of Lake CharlesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- East Louisiana Railroad v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- New Orleans City & Lake Railroad v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896