Case Name: F. M. Raxedale et al. vs. Fred. Seip, President Police Jury
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880-03
Citations: 32 La. Ann. 435
Docket Number: No. 7782
Parties: F. M. Raxedale et al. vs. Fred. Seip, President Police Jury.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 435–437

Head Matter:
No. 7782.
F. M. Raxedale et al. vs. Fred. Seip, President Police Jury.
''Contiguous proprietors under R. S. 2754 construed to mean those whose land actually touches the road, or through whose land the road passes. Ticinal are not necessarily contiguous proprietors.
A PPEAL from the Ninth .Judicial District Court, parish of Rapides. Blackman, J.
R. A. Hunter & Robert P. Hunter for plaintiffs and appellants :
Under the provisions of sec. 2754, Rev. Stats, of 1870, police juries cannot close, obstruct, or change public roads without the consent of the contiguous property owners.
W. C. McGimsey & James Andrews, Jr., for defendants and ap'P ellees:
’The plaintiffs are not contiguous property owners such as the statute relied upon by them contemplates ; but residents of. the town of Alexandria, to whom the said law gives no cause of action in the premises.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
White, J.
Oh Motion to Dismiss.
We think the amount involved in this cause is within our jurisdiction. The motion to dismiss, as also that to transfer, is denied.