Handlin v. City of New Orleans

Citations

• 121 La. 565
• 46 So. 652
• 1908 La. LEXIS 718

Syllabus

<p>1. Eminent Domain — Expropriation—Right to Damages — Street.</p> <p>The city of New Orleans in law cannot be made to pay for the value of land in effect dedicated by the owner for use as a public street.</p> <p>2. Estoppel — Acts op Dedication.</p> <p>Years back in partition proceedings, also in suits, the block of plaintiff’s land was described by him as bounded by a public street. The declarations in deed and the averments in petitions bind the owner.</p> <p>’[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 19, Estoppel, §§ 165-169.]'</p> <p>8. Same — Estoppel by Deed — Official City Map.</p> <p>The survey of the streets by the city surveyor and the maps show that the street is public.</p> <p>The owner referred to and made use of these maps as correctly setting out the street as a public street.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>