Legal Opinion
Knox v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 5, 1925No. 24396PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, C. J.
The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment rejecting his demand for the annulment and cancellation of the judgment that was rendered in the suit of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company v. William J. Knox, reported in 125 La. 454, 51 So. 493.
Appellant contends that the judgment of expropriation gave to the railway company, defendant in this suit, only a right of way, or servitude, not the land itself, and that the railway company has lost the servitude by prescription for nonuse during a period exceeding 10 years.
The defense is that the land itself, not a mere servitude, was acquired by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- John T. Moore Planting Co. v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Hargrave v. MoutonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Shreveport & Red River Valley Railway Co. v. HindsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- McNeely v. HydeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- Hewett v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Noel Estate, Inc. v. Kansas City Southern & Gulf Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Parish of Jefferson v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Burnett v. Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1946
- Texas & Pac. Ry. Co. v. EllerbeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Porter v. Acadia-Vermilion Irr. Co., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
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