Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Sigur v. Judge 19th Judicial District Court

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 15, 1881No. 8129PublishedCited by 4 opinions

ApPLICATION for Writ of Mandamus. Where the effect of an order dissolving an inj auction is to deprive the owner of land, or one claiming to be owner, of its possession, pendente lite, the order is appealable from. 11 An. 59; 14 An; 847; Ifr. 57; 22 An. 512; 24 An. 154; 30 An. 970; O. P. 307

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

The police jury of the parish of St. Mary having traced and laid out a public road across and over the plantation of relator in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 3369 Rev. Statutes, the relator, as authorized by section 3370 Rev. Statutes, appealed to the District Court for the parish by petition, and applied for and obtained a writ of ■injunction staying proceedings and prohibiting the police jury from entering upon his lands for the purpose of opening and constructing the .proposed road.

He averred that there was already a good and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Brown v. EgglestonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co. v. Webster Sand, Gravel & Construction Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  2. Police Jury of St. Martin Parish v. KidderLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
  3. State ex rel. Byrnes v. SommervilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  4. Bradley v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910

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