Supreme Court of Louisiana April 15, 1872, No. 2529 (Arrowsmith v. City of New Orleans)

Taliaferro, J.

The plaintiff complains that the city of New Orleans, acting through its Mayor and Common Council, has in violation of his rights taken possession of aud appropriated to the public use for the purpose of public streets and highways large amounts of his land, the various parcels of which, to the number of seventeen, ho proceeds to designate by the names of the streets, specifying