Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. v. Morere
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, Jerome Louis Gaudet, Judge. Action by the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company against Bartholomew Morere. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff’s projected railroad, due north and south, on the east bank of the Mississippi river, has to cross defendant’s land, which has a front of two acres on the river and runs back from the river, or due east, 40 acres, between parallel lines. The land is near the upper boundary of the *1000city of New Orleans, and is already traversed by five railroads. The present suit is brought to expropriate a strip 300 feet in width across the land, making an area of 2.06 acres, for right of way and trackyards.
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