Reymond v. City of Baton Rouge
Supreme Court of Louisiana
On Rehearing. Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. P. Brunot, Judge. Suit by Henry F. Reymond against the City of Baton Rouge and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Judgment set aside.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment rejecting his demand and dismissing his suit for title and possession of a strip of land in use as a public street. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion handed down to-day in the case of Robert A. Hart v. City of Baton Rouge (No. 22792) 82 South. 79.i The plaintiff knew, when he obtained a deed for the land, that it had been appropriated by the municipality and was used as a public street. The deed itself shows that his purchase was only a speculation in a very precarious title. The price paid, for land admitted to be worth more than $2,000,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hart v. City of Baton RougeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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- City of Baton Rouge v. CrossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
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