Legal Opinion
City of Shreveport v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 6, 1936No. 33642PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is one of four expropriation suits instituted by the city of Shreveport against four different railroad companies for the purpose of extending Allen avenue, from its intersection with Texas avenue, across nineteen railroad tracks and the property of the railroads, to Hoadley street, all within the corporate limits of the city, in order to open a cross-town street as a thoroughfare for the relief of congested traffic on Texas avenue, Southern avenue, and other streets in that locality.
The defendants denied the right of the city to take the property on the grounds that…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Souffront v. La Compagnie Des Sucreries De Porto RicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. GuidrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co. v. Louisiana W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. LasseigneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. De BouchelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v. PearsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. New Orleans Term. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEVELOPMENT v. JacobSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- City of Shreveport v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Quinette v. DelhommerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
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