Railroad Lands Co. v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Action by the Railroad Lands Company, Limited, against the city of Shreveport. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
' PROVOSTY, J.
The property involved in this suit is the same that was involved in the suit of Railroad Company v. Tibbs, 112 La. 51, 36 South. 223, except that a part has been expropriated and is now represented by $40,-000 in cash in the hands of the clerk of court.
In 1856, for aiding in the construction of a railroad from the Texas line to the Mississippi river, through the towns of Greenwood, Shreveport, and Monroe, Congress granted to the state certain lands along the line of the railroad. The Secretary of the Interior certified to the state a list of these lands, and, by-act of March…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rogers Locomotive MacHine Works v. American Emigrant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Vicksburg, S. & P. R. v. TibbsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
3Cited by2 opinions
- Gulf States Utilities Co. v. CallahanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
- City of Shreveport v. MarksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906