Zagame v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. IC. Skinner, Judge. Action by Guieseppe Zagame against the City of New Orleans and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The city authorities having notified the plaintiff to remove his fences and buildings as obstructions to the widening of Gentilly Road, plaintiff thereupon enjoined *389the defendants from removing said structures on the ground of ownership of the soil on which they stood.
The defendants answered, denying plaintiff’s alleged title, and averring that the premises in dispute is a locus publicus.
There was judgment for defendants, and plaintiff has appealed.
In 1835 Congress confirmed the private claim of Juste Le Beau to a “tract of land” situate at a place called “Gentilly,” about 3 miles distant…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- State ex rel. Ruddock Orleans Cypress Co. v. KnopSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Succession of Lund v. Baccich & De MontluzinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913