Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 117 La. 199
• 41 So. 492
• 1906 La. LEXIS 667

Syllabus

<p>1. Eminent Domain — Foreign Corporation —Legality oe Organization.</p> <p>A corporation organized under the laws of another state, which seeks to expropriate a right of way, must meet objection raised on ground of illegality of its organization by proving the regularity of its organization.</p> <p>2. Evidence — Judicial Notice — Statutes op Other States.</p> <p>Courts will not take judicial notice of statutes under which a company is organized— not offered in evidence and not proven.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor cases in point, see vol. 20, Cent. Dig. Evidence, § 51.]</p> <p>3. Same — Judicial Notice.</p> <p>The district court is without authority to take judicial notice of proceedings in a case in another jurisdiction.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor cases in point, see vol. 20, Cent. Dig. Evidence, § 65.]</p> <p>4. Appeal — The Record as Made Up.</p> <p>The appellate court, although a case has • been decided by it on appeal, will not go beyond the record in hand to examine into ths facts of the decided case.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor cases in point, see vol. 3, Cent. Dig. Appeal and Error, §§ 2959, 2960.]</p> <p>5. Evidence — Judicial Notice — Overruled Cases.</p> <p>Graham v. Williams, 21 La. Ann. 594; Smith v. McWaters, 7 La. Ann. 147, and other cases in which different views are expressed, are overruled.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>