CITY OF GRETNA v. MITCHELL

No. 20159.

64 So.2d 873 (1953)

CITY OF GRETNA v. MITCHELL et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew H. Thalheim, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellant.

Willis C. McDonald, Metairie, for defendants-appellees.

Before JANVIER, J., and LOUIS H. YARRUT and ALBERT B. KOORIE, Judges ad hoc.


LOUIS H. YARRUT, Judge ad hoc.

The City of Gretna prosecutes this appeal from a judgment dismissing its suit for the expropriation of defendants' property on an exception of no right or cause of action, based on the failure of the City to allege and attach to its petition the resolution of ordinance of the Board of Aldermen authorizing the expropriation.

The City alleged itself to be a municipal corporation; that the public interest required that 25th Street...

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