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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. CITY OF OPELOUSAS

No. 85-737.

491 So.2d 793 (1986)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF OPELOUSAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Millspaugh, Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

Dubuisson and Dubuisson, Edward B. Dubuisson, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, YELVERTON and BERTRAND, JJ.

STOKER, Judge.

The plaintiff railroad complains in this case of the assessment levied against its railroad right of way for a street improvement. The City of Opelousas proceeded under LSA-R.S. 33:3301-3319 to improve Garland Belt Road in Opelousas. The trial court gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MOPAC). The City of Opelousas appealed. The statute authorizes municipalities to defray the cost of improvements through...

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