Legal Opinion
Arkansas Improvement Co. v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 4, 1938No. 34286PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ODOM, Justice.
The issue involved in this suit is whether the land described in the instrument, which we quote in full below, is owned by the defendant railroad company in fee or wheth er the railroad company has a mere easement or servitude thereon. This involves an interpretation of the deed in connection with the testimony taken at the trial.
The suit is a petitory action. Plaintiffs allege that they acquired the property in April, 1904, from the Arkansas Townsite Company by deed recorded in the notarial records of Caddo parish, and “that petitioners have never sold or parted with the fee…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- John T. Moore Planting Co. v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Noel Estate, Inc. v. Kansas City Southern & Gulf Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Johnson v. Valdosta, Moultrie & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Concklin v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Killgore v. County Court of Cabell CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
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3Cited by21 opinions
- City of Manhattan Beach v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
- Midkiff v. Castle & Cooke, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1962
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Parish of Jefferson v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Rock Island, A. & L. R. Co. v. GournaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
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