Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. John T. Moore Planting Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; w. P. Martin, Judge. Action by Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company against John T. Moore Planting Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff brought this action against the defendant for the expropriation of land fully described in its petition. The land is necessary, as it alleged, for accomplishing the object for which the railroad company was organized. It represents that it needs additional space to lay tracks at Shriever and to enlarge its embankment, also space to improve the means of access to its tracks and depots, and further space to be utilized in other needed drains along its railroad embankment.
This is the second appeal between plaintiff and defendant. In the first appeal, judgment was for plaintiff,…
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- John T. Moore Planting Co. v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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- New Orleans Terminal Co. v. TellerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- West Feliciana Railroad v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857
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