Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Wilson

*2The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

The plaintiff, claiming under the authority of certain acts of incorporation passed by the congress of the United States and by the general assembly of Louisiana, and of the general laws of Louisiana, alleges that it is engaged in building a branch railroad from, or near, Natchitoches, to, or near, Shreveport, and that it is necessary for that purpose to expropriate a right of way through certain lands, owned by the defendants, in the parish of Red River, which are described in the petition, and it prays that, after the necessary proceedings,…