Case Name: Dominick Koelmel v. New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Company
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1875-05
Citations: 27 La. 442
Docket Number: No. 3539
Parties: Dominick Koelmel v. New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 442–443

Head Matter:
No. 3539.
Dominick Koelmel v. New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Company.
The plaintiff claims damages from the defendants on the ground that they have located their railroad so near his dwelling as virtually to destroy its usefulness to him ior the purpose for which it was built.
It is a valid defense that defendants were authorized by the Legislature and the City Council to plaoe their track where they did.
APPEAL from the Seventh District Court, parish of Orleans. Oollens, J. Jury trial.
Lyman Hardin, for plaintiff and appellee. John A. Campbell, for defendants and appellants.

Opinion:
Morgan, J.
The defendants, in curving their track, cut off a portion of the banquette in front of plaintiff's property. He avers that the building of the railroad in such close proximity to the front of his house and door and the frequent passage of the train thereon have rendered his dwelling extremely uncomfortable and unsafe and dangerous to his wife and children, and that his house is liable to be set on fire on the passage of every train. For this he seeks damages, and a jury awarded him eight hundred dollars.
The answer to his demand is that the defendants were authorized by the Legislature and the City Council to place their track where they did.
This makes it unnecessary to consider the bills of exceptions found in the record.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the district court be avoided, annulled and reversed, and that there be judgment in favor of the defendants, with costs in both courts.