Riverside Realty Company, Inc. v. The City of New Orleans

This is a diversity action initiated by appellant, a Delaware corporation, by complaint filed in 1956 wherein appellant sought compensation, damages, and attorneys’ fees from the City of New Orleans for the alleged unlawful taking of appellant's property for the construction of a public street and for damage occasioned to appellant’s property for negligence in the method used in constructing the street. Trial was had to the court (in 1962) and the issues were found in favor of the City of New Orleans. The trial court specifically found that appellant had not sustained its burden of proof to…