Houston & S. Ry. Co. v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Gaddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by the Houston & Shreveport Railway Company against the Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
Plaintiff sued for a judgment expropriating a crossing for its road over defendant’s road.
Its new depot and platform are on Southern avenue in the city of Shreveport:
They were built because thought more convenient to the public, and needed by the increasing transportation business of plaintiff. The old depot building was not adequate to the business. Its location was inconvenient. The necessity for change and improvement in depot accommodation is sustained by the testimony.
In order to reach this new depot it is necessary to cross the two legs or prongs of defendant’s wye in that city.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
3Cited by6 opinions
- Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co. v. Louisiana W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Louisiana Power and Light Co. v. City of HoumaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Louisville & N. R. v. New Orleans Terminal Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- City of Shreveport v. NoelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal R. R. v. RouprichLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1928
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