City of New Orleans
City of New Orleans
Opinion of the Court
The commissioners of estimate and assessment appointed by the court, upon the application to open Dryades street, under the provisions of the statute of 1832, made their report on the 23d of February, 1854. The appellants having made opposition thereto, it was on motion referred hack to the commissioners for correction, with instructions that an amended report should be filed within ten days from the date of the order, viz, the 22d of April, 1854. The delay fixed by the court expired on the 2d day of May. No report, however, was filed on that day, nor was any application made by the commissioners for an extension of the time. On the 25th of May, the amended report was filed, and on the 12th of June, (no opposition having been filod,) it was, on motion, homologated,
The appellants complain that this j udgment was rendered eat parte, without any notice, either actual or constructive, having been given to them of the' filing of the amended report.
The question presented then is this : Are the owners of property and others interested, to be considered as having had notice of the proceedings of the commissioners, after the expiration of the delay fixed by the court ? Up to that period, the order of court, by its very terms, was a notice to them, but in the absence of any order of court extending the delay, it was a mere matter of conjecture to the proprietors at what period the amended report might he filed.
It is ordered, that the judgment appealed from be reversed, and that the cause be remanded for further proceedings according to law; the appellee pdyiiig the costs of the appeal.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- City of New Orleans, praying for the opening of Dryades Street
- Status
- Published